![]() ![]() Brock Holt singled to right leading off, then after Betts flied to left, Dustin Pedroia hit a ground ball single to left. Verlander cut his losses by striking out Sandy Leon to end the inning.īoston had a chance to add to its lead in third but could not come up with a clutch hit from the middle of the order. With two out, Bradley was off with contact and made it home with the game’s first run. Travis Shaw took advantage of that break when he drilled a liner into the right field corner. He had no chance to throw out the speedy Bradley. Bradley hit what looked like a harmless ground ball over the mound but the ball hit the second-base bag and deflected over to Tigers second baseman Ian Kinsler. ![]() The sixth Sox batter he faced, Jackie Bradley Jr., did not get the ball out of the infield, either, but he got a base hit. That was the first of five consecutive outs in which Verlander did not allow a ball out of the infield. Mookie Betts, back in the lineup in right and back in the batting order at the leadoff spot, hit one down the third base line to open the last of the first but Castellanos made a fine play to get the out at first. That hit, a long double off the wall in center field, seemed like to lead to the first run of the game but Pomeranz was more than equal to the challenge. That was Nick Castellanos leading off the second. Pomeranz permitted only three Tigers baserunners in the four innings, but only one of them got into scoring position. He went six innings also and gave up five hits with five strikeouts.īoston relievers Joe Kelly and Clay Buchholz gave up the last two runs, the ones that eventually provided Detroit with its margin of victory. The problem was, he was matched up against Justin Verlander. Otherwise, Pomeranz gave up four hits total, walked two and struck out seven. It was just Iglesias’ 10th career homer, but might have been eligible to count for two it was hit so hard and high down the left field line. Pomeranz pitched six solid innings but left trailing, 2-1, on a two-run homer by former Sox infielder Jose Iglesias in the sixth. BOSTON - A familiar combination - lousy relief pitching and failure to hit in the clutch - resulted in the Red Sox dropping a 4-2 decision to the Tigers on Monday night.īoston got a nice rebound start from Drew Pomeranz, who was infinitely better on Monday night than he was in his Red Sox debut last Wednesday.
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