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This was a mixed bag start for May. For the first time since coming up, he didn't walk a man, but he also gave up 11 hits in 5.1 innings. He leaned much more heavily on his curveball than he did in previous outings (9 in his previous outing, 24 this time through), and it had very good results. He got a good swing strike rate on the curve, as well as 8 balls put into play and only 2 hits. On the other hand, the Tigers racked up 9 hits on 13 balls put into play on his fastball.

I was very disappointed that going into the 6th inning, the Twins didn't have someone warming up in the bullpen. Typically, with a starting pitcher at 84 pitches going into the 6th, I wouldn't mind, but May has been a guy who has been struggling, had put together a good performance to this point, and was facing one of the best offenses in the league. I would have liked to see May as soon as the first guy got on base with one out. At that point, he's in line for the win, and despite giving up some hits (all of them singles up to that point), he has a positive to build off of. Instead, he was kept in two batters two long, gave up a double, and a soft single to center to lose the lead and turning a positive into a negative.