Special? What’s so special about nine straight strikeouts?
Not much, if you ask Tyler Alexander.
The Detroit Tigers left-handed reliever did exactly that, striking out nine consecutive Cincinnati Reds in a 4-3 loss in the first game of Sunday’s doubleheader at Comerica Park.
Sometimes they were whiffing. Sometimes they were just looking. No matter what, the entire Reds lineup just couldn’t get their bats on Alexander’s pinpoint pitches as they zipped past.
Nine men up. Nine men down. It tied an American League record, set by the Tigers' Doug Fister against the Kansas City Royals on Sept.