Lakeland, Fla. – Detroit Tigers closer Shane Greene threw 11 pitches in a clean fourth inning against the Marlins Friday. He threw four sliders, all for strikes, two of them swinging strikes.
He struck out Scott Van Slyke swinging at a slider and Jonathan Rodriguez looking at a slider.
It was, for this time of year, dirty.
“Usually when it’s not there in the spring it’s because I am thinking too much on it,” said Greene, after the Tigers’ 8-3 exhibition win.
Pitching coach Chris Bosio helped Greene take the thinking out of it. In Greene’s last bullpen, Bosio put him through a drill called 6-60.