Red Sox Rally in Ninth to Stun Tigers
BOSTON (Interstat) — Ceddanne Rafaela tripled home Romy Gonzalez with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting the Boston Red Sox to a 4-3 comeback victory over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night at Fenway Park.
The Tigers scored all three of their runs in the fourth inning, highlighted by a two-run double from Jahmai Jones. Boston chipped away, scoring single runs in the fourth, seventh and eighth innings to tie the game. Detroit starter Casey Mize struck out eight over 6 1/3 innings, allowing two runs. Aroldis Chapman earned the win for Boston in front of a crowd of 37,052. The Tigers fell to 86-74, while the Red Sox improved to 88-72.