After the drubbing the Tigers gave the Reds on Friday night, Cincinnati evened up the series and downed Detroit, 7-4.
Matthew Boyd got the start for the Tigers. Boyd, who has been coming back from an injury earlier this year, threw four decent innings (on 71 pitches) against the Blue Jays on August 29 in his last outing — so we weren’t expecting him to go too deep in this one.
Facing him for Cincinnati was Tyler Mahle (and the “e” is not silent; it rhymes with “valley”). Mahle’s in his fourth full season in the major leagues, and this is his best one so far, with a 3.