Steven Moya punched an opposite-field double and laced a single up the middle, both in two-strike counts, off Dickey.
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For the first time in a while it looks like the Tigers have formidable depth among their entire pitching staff. Ausmus seemingly wants to take advantage of that by not being hasty in his selection of the final starter, but if Norris is out of the mix, it’s not going to be an easy choice.
DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) – Toronto knuckleballer R.A. Dickey was roughed up for four runs in five innings Thursday, and the Blue Jays beat the Detroit Tigers 6-4. Boyd had Pillar picked off first, but Pillar was credited with a stolen bases when Jose Iglesias couldn’t cleanly handle the throw from first.
Dickey surrendered four runs on eight hits, one of them a Nick Castellanos homer, but didn’t give up much solid contact. Overall, he’s 49-48 with a 3.94 ERA in 142 games (135 starts). You don’t see players playing really past that age.
VIERA – Yankees RHP Masahiro Tanaka allowed seven runs in his fourth spring training start during a 13-0 loss to the Nationals.
Toronto shortstop Troy Tulowitzki left in the fourth inning of the Blue Jays’ 3-1 win over the New York Mets on Wednesday after being hit on the right hand by a Bartolo Colon pitch. “Obviously, I’m focussed on the opener and beating the Rays, but if I go open the homer opener too, that would awesome and I would definitely accept that and run with that”. “Luckily, everything is OK”.
“I don’t even know how to describe this outing”, said DeSclafani, who struck out six and walked none.
Toronto manager John Gibbons said that Hutchison has been impressive.
“He threw a few good splits, but his stuff just wasn’t sharp”, manager Joe Girardi said. “So instead of running a full marathon, I’ll probably run a 5K or something – a two-or three-inning thing just to make sure all the parts are working like they should and then it’ll be time to go”.
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Starting off: Boyd, who is one of three finalists for the team’s fifth rotation spot, had trouble repeating his delivery throughout the day.
