(Photo: Robin Buckson, Detroit News)
Kansas City, Mo. — We found out a few things about Tigers rookie Spencer Turnbull on Tuesday night.
For one, he’s got more fight in him than you’d think from his typically gentle demeanor. And — who knew? — the guy has a legitimate curveball.
Turnbull pitched six scoreless, four-hit innings before the Royals rallied against the bullpen and beat the Tigers, 3-2. And he did it, for the most part, without his best secondary pitch, his slider — a pitch hitters swing and miss at 36% of the time, a pitch with which he holds hitters to a .