That's the pitch he needed to make against Robinson Cano an inning later with runners at first and second. Instead, his cutter fluttered, and Cano blasted it off the right-field wall for a walk-off hit in a 7-6 Tigers loss.
"It's always inconsistent," Krol shrugged. "Sometimes it acts like the pitch I threw to Robbie, and then sometimes it acts like the pitch I threw to Seager. … If it's in the right spot, [Cano] swings right over it. …
"It's something I've got to work on.