They’re also a ideal 5-0 in his last five outings against American League East opponents and are 9-0 in his last nine starts when their opponent scores five runs or more in its previous game, as the Red Sox did last night in their 9-8 loss to the Tigers.
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Iglesias is also 1-for-2 with a double, Victor Martinez is 1-for-1 with a walk and James McCann is 0-for-2, but he has an RBI against Wright. The Tigers tacked on two more to take a 4-1 lead into the eighth but after Verlander was taken out of the game, the Sox wasted a golden opportunity when they loaded the bases with nobody out in the eighth. “You tend to string starts together, occasionally”. “It could be as few as one”, Farrell said. Then Rodriguez took the mound on Friday, fired off five of the best innings we’ve seen from him this season, and still took the loss because the offense couldn’t push more than one run across all night.
Miguel Cabrera’s opposite-field home run off Brad Ziegler in the ninth inning on Wednesday gave the Tigers a 4-3 win over the Red Sox, and handed Boston its first sweep of the season. At rear is umpire Manny Gonzalez. Justin Wilson got three outs for his first major league save because closer Francisco Rodriguez wasn’t available after working the past two days.
Rodriguez held the Tigers to three runs over 5-1/3, but allowed nine hits and walked three.
Boston looked as if they were going to tie the game in the home half of the inning when Sandy Leon tried to tag from third but was gunned down at the plate by James McCann on a ideal throw from Tyler Collins to end the inning.
Pomeranz entered Monday’s start looking to bounce back from his dismal Boston debut last week against San Francisco, in which he gave up five runs in just three innings. Pomeranz was cruising through five innings Monday, giving up just two hits.
It was the first career homer in Fenway for Iglesias, who started his career in Boston before being traded to Detroit in 2013.
Iglesias scored his second run of the game in the eighth, trotting across home plate on Martinez’s single off reliever Clay Buchholz to make it 4-1. “I felt like he was our best option”.
Luke Maile had an RBI double in a three-run fourth inning as Tampa Bay wrapped up a nine-game West Coast road swing by snapping a four-game skid. A single by Sandy Leon pulled the Red Sox within 4-2, but Wilson settled down to get an out and Rodriguez came on to help end the rally.
Boston’s hitters had several long at-bats against Verlander, pushing his pitch count above 40 through just two innings.
Tigers: OF J.D Martinez (broken elbow) started a rehab assignment with Triple-A Toledo on Tuesday night, going 1 for 5 with an RBI.
On Monday, Rodriguez set down the hard-hitting Red Sox 1-2-3 in the ninth after forcing Mookie Betts into a two-out, bases-loaded groundout in the eighth. Manager John Farrell said RHP Craig Kimbrel (left knee surgery) is progressing well and looked good in a short bullpen session. He could make a rehab start as soon as this weekend.
The Red Sox got on the board first with a solo homer off the bat of Dustin Pedroia, his 11th of the season.
“I think we did get a little bit fortunate with the Fulmer thing”, Ausmus said. Dellin Betances and Andrew Miller finished things off in the late innings, and if you’re wondering why Aroldis Chapman didn’t close out the game for NY, well, that gets us to the Yankees’ second win of the day.
Boston Red Sox’s Xander Bogaerts celebrates his solo homer with teammate Jackie Bradley Jr.
“I feel like our guys kept battling back”, Wright said.
Tigers: RHP Mike Pelfrey (3-9, 4.78 ERA) is coming off a victory at Chicago last week, in which he allowed the White Sox just one run in 5 1/3 innings.
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The Red Sox were the last major league team to be swept in a series of any length this season.
