Detroit — Red Sox lefty starter Eduardo Rodriguez has been navigating his way through the season with his cutter and change-up doing most of the work for him.
On Wednesday night, he broke out his four-seam fastball against an unsuspecting Tigers team.
The results weren't pretty for the home team.
Rodriguez struck out 10 in five innings and the Tigers were punched out a season-high 18 times in a 4-1 loss to the Red Sox at Comerica Park.
"We got beat by the fastball early," manager AJ Hinch said. "Rodriguez was doing a good job moving his fastball around, cutting it, sinking it a little.