DETROIT (AP) – Detroit Tigers pitcher Matt Boyd is hitless after seven innings Sunday against the Chicago White Sox.
Boyd threw 90 pitches, struck out five and walked one. The 26-year-old left-hander had not thrown a complete game in 52 previous major league starts and had never thrown a nine-inning complete game in 121 previous professional starts.
Boyd was helped twice by his defense. Shortstop Dixon Machado went deep into the hole to rob Avisail Garcia of a second-inning hit. First baseman Efren Navarro made an over-the-shoulder catch of Tim Anderson’s foul pop to end the sixth.
Detroit scored in each of the first six innings and led 9-0.
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