DETROIT (Interstat) — Payton Tolle pitched seven innings of two-run ball, Jarren Duran hit a three-run home run and the Boston Red Sox used a five-run seventh inning to beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 on Monday night.

Tolle (1-1) struck out eight, giving up two runs, one hit and a walk to help the Red Sox take the opener of the series and earn his first win of the season. Aroldis Chapman pitched a hitless ninth for his seventh save of the season and 373rd of his career.

The game at Comerica Park drew 22,321 fans and lasted 2 hours, 37 minutes.

Boston improved to 14-21, while Detroit fell to 18-18.

The Red Sox jumped on the board in the first inning with a leadoff single from Duran, but could not push a run across. Ty Madden, Detroit’s starter, worked five scoreless innings, allowing four hits and striking out seven. He kept Boston off balance, and the Tigers managed to break through in the sixth.

Detroit’s sixth inning began with Colt Keith hit by a pitch. Zack Short bunted into a foul popout, then Jahmai Jones walked. Matt Vierling reached on a fielder’s choice, and a throwing error by third baseman Andruw Monasterio allowed Keith and Jones to score, giving the Tigers a 2-0 lead. Dillon Dingler and Riley Greene struck out to end the threat.

Boston answered emphatically in the seventh. With one out, Carlos Narváez walked and Monasterio singled. Duran then crushed a 1-0 pitch to left field for his fourth home run of the season, scoring Narváez and Monasterio to tie the game at 2. Willson Contreras popped out, but Masataka Yoshida doubled to right and Trevor Story grounded out. Wilyer Abreu singled to left, scoring Yoshida to put Boston ahead 3-2. Ceddanne Rafaela singled, and Marcelo Mayer singled to right, scoring Abreu for a 4-2 lead. Narváez grounded into a force out to end the inning, but Boston had scored five runs on five hits.

Detroit rallied in the eighth. Colt Keith singled to center off Boston reliever Garrett Whitlock. Zack Short flied out. Kerry Carpenter struck out. Matt Vierling walked, bringing up Dingler, who doubled to left, scoring Keith and Vierling to cut the lead to 5-4. Greene struck out to end the inning.

Chapman entered in the ninth and retired Spencer Torkelson on strikes, Wenceel Pérez on a groundout and Hao-Yu Lee on a foul flyout to secure the save.

Tolle’s performance was especially noteworthy given his recent struggles. In his previous start April 28 at Toronto, he lasted only 4 2/3 innings, allowing three earned runs on three hits in a 3-0 loss. On April 23 against the New York Yankees, he gave up one earned run over six innings with 11 strikeouts but took a 4-2 loss. Monday night, he was dominant from the outset, retiring the side in order in the first, second and fourth innings. The only hit he allowed was a double by Greene in the fifth. He struck out the side in the third and fifth innings, mixing his fastball and slider effectively.

Boston’s offense, which had managed only 12 hits in the game, came alive in the seventh. Duran finished 3 for 5 with the home run and three RBIs. Yoshida had two hits, including a double. Mayer also had two hits and an RBI. The Red Sox had 12 hits overall, while Detroit managed just three.

Detroit’s bullpen struggled to contain Boston’s rally. Ricky Vanasco (0-1) took the loss, allowing three runs on three hits in 1 1/3 innings. Tyler Holton pitched a scoreless inning, allowing two hits, and Kenley Jansen struck out one in a perfect ninth for the Tigers.

The Tigers’ defense committed an error that proved costly. In the sixth, with the game still scoreless, Monasterio’s throwing error allowed two unearned runs to score. But Boston’s seven-run inning erased that advantage.

For Detroit, Dingler drove in two runs with his double in the eighth. Greene had the team’s only extra-base hit, a double in the fifth. The Tigers struck out 11 times as a team.

Boston entered the game having lost four of their previous five, including a 3-1 loss to Houston on Sunday. The Red Sox had dropped two of three to the Astros over the weekend. Detroit had won two straight, taking the final two games of a three-game set against Texas.

The victory gave Boston a split of the season series so far, with each team winning two of the previous four meetings. Those games were played in Boston from April 17-20, with the Red Sox winning two and the Tigers winning two.

Boston continues its three-game series in Detroit on Tuesday night. The Red Sox then return home to face Tampa Bay in a four-game set starting Thursday. Detroit hosts Boston again Wednesday before traveling to Kansas City for a three-game weekend series.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Detroit 5, Boston 4. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Detroit with a 52.70 percent probability to win. Detroit had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The total score of 9 went under the over/under line of 7.