Kansas City, Mo. — Manager AJ Hinch was asked prior to the game what he thought might be at the core of lefty starter Tyler Alexander’s recent struggles.
“It’s been quality of strikes,” he said. “He’s always been a really good strike-thrower. But he’s been spraying it a little more recently and it’s forced him to the middle of the plate and the middle part of the plate is dangerous for anybody.”
A spot-on analysis which, unfortunately for the Tigers and Alexander, was repeated Sunday as the Royals salvaged the finale of the three-game series with a 4-0 win at Kauffman Stadium.