Tigers Kenta Maeda starts OP game, has 7 strikeouts, feels good before the season starts. Pitcher Maeda started in the exhibition game against the Orioles held in Lakeland, Florida on the 17th.
Maeda threw 74 pitches during the fifth inning, allowing three hits, including two home runs, and three runs, with seven strikeouts. "I don't think it's worse now to get hit by a missed pitch than to connect and score two or three points," Maeda said.