Chicago — Yes, he said, he needed this one.
“This was a big start,” said Mike Fiers, the veteran right-hander who pitched six, three-hit shutout innings Sunday, helping the Tigers beat the White Sox 1-0 and sweep three-game series. “The way I ended last year, my last four or five starts, I wasn’t the pitcher I am.”
Not even close.
He was pulled from the Astros' rotation and left off their postseason roster last September and he was tagged for 22 runs and 25 hits in 12 innings in his last three starts.
“I got to a place I couldn’t get out of,” he said.