It’s a throwback to Boyd’s most effective full season with the Tigers, 2018. The slider was particularly effective in Houston Boyd ended six at-bats with it, while getting all three of his strikeouts with it. (Crawford is one of just seven Florida Gulf Coast University alumni to make the majors the Tigers faced the most famous one on Thursday in their home opener: Chris Sale, who after some early struggles, carved them up for seven strikeouts over five innings.)įor the Tigers, meanwhile, Matthew Boyd mostly relied on a mix of his four-seamer (43.4%), slider (27.6%) and changeup (19.7%) in his start against the Astros on April 3. Little surprise, then, that Crawford - aka on Instagram - gave up seven runs on eight hits and two walks over four innings, with six strikeouts and three homers allowed. That’s better than this season, however: In his April 3 start against the Pirates, Crawford threw the cutter on 32 of his 93 pitches (34.4%), with the Bucs putting it in play six times, for five hits (including a double and a home run). The 27-year-old Florida native relied on his cut fastball 31.6% of the time last season, though batters hit.

Game notes: It is extremely pleasing, in a “this is how the world should work” sort of way, to report that Kutter Crawford - yes, that is his real name (middle name: Martin) - does, indeed, throw a cutter. ROSTER MOVE: Austin Meadows steps away from team again due to mental health struggles THE LEGEND: What does Jim Leyland do now? He's busy being the nicest golfer ever Red Sox RHP Kutter Crawford (0-1, 15.75). Starting pitchers: Tigers LHP Matthew Boyd (0-0, 4.15 ERA) vs.

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