FINAL SCORE: Red Sox 9, Tigers 6
IN BRIEF: Rafael Devers continued his torrid stretch with a two-run homer, Xander Bogaerts hit a three-run homer and the Red Sox withstood a two-hour rain delay, two errors and more shaky bullpen work to beat the Tigers 9-6 in Detroit on Friday night. BOX SCORE
RED SOX RECORD: 47-41
HIGHLIGHTS
1st inning:
Betts doubles to left, moves to third on Devers' ground out to shortstop and scores on Bogaerts' ground out to short (1-0, BOS).
3rd inning:
Betts singles to center, Devers hits a two-run homer to left on a 0-and-0 pitch from Carpenter (3-0, BOS).
4th inning:
Dixon singles to left, Candelario doubles to left, scoring Dixon (3-1, BOS).
6th inning:
(Cisnero pitching after a 2-hour, 4-minute rain delay) Vázquez doubles to center, moves to third on Chavis' single to left, Bradley Jr. doubles to left, scoring Vazquez (4-1, BOS).
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León reaches on a fielding error by third baseman Candelario, scoring Chavis (5-1, BOS).
Betts hit a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Bradley Jr. (6-1, BOS).
(Walden replaces Rodriguez on the mound) Cabrera walks, moves to second on Dixon's single to right, Candelario singles to center, scoring Cabrera (6-2, BOS).
After his single, Candelario moves to second and Dixon to third on right fielder Betts' fielding error, Castro reaches second on a fielding error by center fielder Bradley Jr., scoring Dixon and Candelario (6-4, BOS).
(Brasier replaces Walden on the mound) Hicks singles to left, scoring Castro (6-5, BOS).
8th inning:
(Adams replaces Soto on the mound) Betts singles to center, Devers walks, Bogaerts hits a three-run homer on a 2-0 pitch (9-5, BOS).
9th inning:
(Hembree replaces Barnes on the mound) Hicks homers to left on a 1-1 pitch (9-6, BOS).
UP NEXT:
@Tigers, Saturday, 4:10 p.m., NESN
@Tigers, Sunday, 1:10 p.m., NESN
ALL-STAR BREAK
Vs. Dodgers, Friday, July 12, 7:10 p.m., NESN
Vs. Dodgers, Saturday, July 13, 7:15 p.m., FOX
Vs. Dodgers, Sunday, July 14, 7:08 p.m, ESPN
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