Boyd’s strong start for naught as bats go cold

CHICAGO — They got a quality start from rookie Matt Boyd on Tuesday night at U.S. Cellular Field, but the Tigers couldn’t give him enough runs to make it count for more.

In fact, Detroit couldn’t give Boyd or reliever Buck Farmer any run support in a 2-0 loss to the White Sox, which split the first two games of a series and dropped the Tigers a game behind the Orioles for the second Wild Card in the American League.

Baltimore rolled past the Rays, 11-2, while Detroit’s offense sputtered against Chicago starter Miguel Gonzalez and three relievers.

“He gave us a chance,” center fielder Cameron Maybin said of Boyd, who recorded his fifth quality start by allowing two runs in seven innings. “That’s all we can really ask for. He went out there and battled his butt off. He kept them in a situation where we could’ve done something special, but we didn’t. So, we’ll just try to come back [Wednesday] and finish the series right.”

The Tigers (75-63) squandered threats to score in the third, seventh and ninth.

In the third, trailing 1-0 with one out and two on base, Maybin …

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