Lakeland, Fla. — The Pirates had a runner on first with two outs in the second inning Saturday. Tigers starter Matthew Boyd, who needed 27 pitches to get through a scoreless first inning, was already at 14 pitches in the second.
He didn’t need to throw another pitch. He made a quick move to first base and picked off the runner, Jared Oliva.
Then in the third, a two-out throwing error by Jonathan Schoop, who was playing at third base and not his normal second, put Boyd back in the soup with runners at first and third.