BOSTON (Interstat) — A late offensive surge propelled the Boston Red Sox to an 8-6 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Monday afternoon at Fenway Park, snapping a three-game losing streak in the series and avoiding a home sweep.

In a game that saw five lead changes and ties, the Red Sox broke a 6-6 deadlock with two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to secure the win in front of 34,880 fans. The contest lasted 3 hours, 10 minutes.

The most critical sequence of the game unfolded in the bottom of the seventh and eighth innings. After trailing for much of the afternoon, Boston erupted for three runs in the seventh to draw even. The rally was capped by a two-run single from Ceddanne Rafaela and an RBI single from Carlos Narváez, who finished 2-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs.

The tie was short-lived. In the eighth, Masataka Yoshida led off with a single and Trevor Story followed with a double, putting runners on second and third with no outs. Isiah Kiner-Falefa then delivered the decisive blow, lining a single to right field off Detroit reliever Tyler Holton to score both runners and give Boston an 8-6 lead it would not relinquish.

Holton took the loss, falling to 0-1. Garrett Whitlock earned the win for Boston with a scoreless inning of relief, improving to 2-1. Closer Aroldis Chapman navigated a tense ninth inning for his fourth save, entering with two on and one out and stranding the potential tying runs on base.

The Tigers had clawed back in the top of the ninth against Chapman. Hao-Yu Lee led off with a double and scored on a single by Gleyber Torres. After a strikeout, Riley Greene laced a two-run double to right-center, cutting the deficit to 8-6. But Chapman induced a game-ending groundout from Dillon Dingler to seal the victory.

Detroit built an early lead with single runs in the third, fourth and sixth innings. Jake Rogers drove in Matt Vierling with a single in the third, Lee knocked in Dingler with a single in the fourth, and a pinch-hit single by Jahmai Jones scored Greene in the sixth.

Boston’s offense was initially stymied by strong Detroit relief pitching. After starter Jack Flaherty allowed two unearned runs in the second inning, relievers Brant Hurter and Flaherty, in a follow-up appearance, combined for six innings of three-run ball. Flaherty’s line was 3 1/3 innings with three hits, no earned runs and three strikeouts.

The Red Sox bullpen, however, was equally effective. Following starter Sonny Gray, who allowed one run over 2 2/3 innings, Zack Kelly, Greg Weissert, Whitlock and Chapman held Detroit to one run over the final 4 1/3 frames before the ninth-inning rally. Weissert struck out all three batters he faced in the seventh.

The win improved Boston’s record to 9-13, while Detroit fell to 12-11. The game’s total of 14 runs sailed over the pregame over/under line of 8, and the Red Sox covered the spread as a -1.5 favorite. The outcome aligned with Interstat’s ELO system, which gave Boston a 54.3% probability to win, though the final score differed from the simulator’s projection of a 6-5 Detroit victory.

The Tigers had won the first two games of the four-game set, 4-1 on Saturday and 6-2 on Sunday, after dropping a 1-0, 10-inning decision on Friday.

Detroit opens a three-game series at home against the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday. Boston will welcome the New York Yankees to Fenway Park on Tuesday to begin a three-game set.