DETROIT - Paul Byrd is throwing so well that he's worried he's getting too much of the plate. Byrd won his fourth straight decision, Casey Blake and Victor Martinez hit first-inning homers and the Cleveland Indians beat the Detroit Tigers 7-4 on Friday night.
Byrd (5-1) threw 60 strikes in 73 pitches, a ratio that he thought was too good. He allowed four runs and nine hits in 6 1-3 innings to improve to 4-0 in his last six starts. He struck out four, and didn't issue a walk for the fifth straight start.
"Normally, throwing strikes isn't a problem," Byrd said. "But I was throwing hittable pitches when I was already ahead in the count. Against a team like Detroit, that's …
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