
Why Detroit Tigers’ AJ Hinch picked Matthew Boyd as Opening Day starter
Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch talks Monday, March 22, 2021, about making Matthew Boyd his Opening Day starter.
Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press
Grapefruit League: Detroit Tigers (9-11) vs. New York Yankees (13-7)
When: 1:05 p.m. Tuesday.
Where: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium, Lakeland, Florida.
TV: Fox Sports Detroit.
Radio: WXYT-AM (1270; other radio affiliates).
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First-pitch weather forecast: Partly cloudy, 75 degrees.
Probable starting pitchers: Tigers LHP Tarik Skubal (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Yankees RHP Corey Kluber (1-0, 3.00 ERA).
Tigers lineup:
1. Grossman, LF
2. Mazara, RF
3. Castro, SS
4. Cabrera, DH
5. Schoop, 2B
6. Castro, 1B
7. Ramos, C
8. Garcia, 3B
9. Hill, CF
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