Fresh off a comeback win on Apple TV Primetime – although, does it count as primetime if nobody has a subscription – the Detroit Tigers came out for game 2 against the KC Royals. A couple of throwback veteran pitchers took the bump in Chris Paddack and Michael Wacha. The pair combined for a hair under a 35% strikeout rate coming in; for reference, our very own Tarik Skubal has posted a 33.1% K-rate thus far.

The first inning went largely as expected. Paddack flooded the zone and drew loads of early contact. Of his 7 pitches, 6 were in the zone. KC made some hard contact, but a grounder right to Colt Keith at third and a liner to Kerry Carpenter in right kept them hitless.

Wacha was similarly efficient in his half. The highlight was an ironic twist; Wacha doesn’t strike many out, and Gley

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