In a season of struggles for the Detroit Tigers’ potential trade chips, Mike Fiers’ value is peaking at the right time.
Pitching as well as he has done for most of this season, Fiers picked up where Matthew Boyd left off a night earlier and stymied the MLB-leading Red Sox. Fiers threw 6 1/3 shutout innings in a 5-0 win.
Fiers was effective, pitching through the Red Sox’s vaunted batting order three times. He was backed by a big offensive day by shortstop Jose Iglesias — another trade chip — who opened the scoring with a two-run double and then provided some insurance with a two-run home run.