DETROIT (Interstat) — Ceddanne Rafaela homered and drove in four runs as the Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 10-3 on Tuesday night, winning for the second straight night at Comerica Park.

Rafaela’s three-run home run in the first inning gave Boston an early lead, and the Red Sox never looked back. Framber Valdez (2-2) was ejected in the fourth inning after hitting Trevor Story with a pitch, emptying both benches though no punches were thrown. Valdez allowed a career-high 10 runs, matching a career worst by surrendering three home runs.

Brayan Bello (2-4) was the winning pitcher, working seven innings and allowing four hits, one earned run and striking out seven. He allowed a solo home run to Matt Vierling in the first inning but otherwise kept the Tigers off balance.

Willson Contreras and Wilyer Abreu also homered for the Red Sox, who improved to 15-21. Detroit fell to 18-19.

The game drew an announced attendance of 20,674 and lasted 2 hours, 36 minutes.

Boston jumped on Valdez from the start. After Jarren Duran grounded out and Contreras grounded out, Abreu singled to left field. Story reached on a fielding error by third baseman Zach McKinstry, putting runners at first and third. Rafaela then drove a 1-1 pitch from Valdez to right-center field for his second home run of the season, scoring Abreu and Story and giving Boston a 3-0 lead.

Detroit answered in the bottom of the first. Vierling led off with his second home run of the season, a solo shot to left off Bello. After Kevin McGonigle struck out, Jahmai Jones singled. Dillon Dingler struck out, but Riley Greene walked and Wenceel Pérez singled to center, scoring Jones. Spencer Torkelson walked to load the bases, but McKinstry struck out to end the inning, with the Tigers trailing 3-2.

The score remained 3-2 until the third inning, when Boston broke the game open with five runs. Contreras led off with a walk. After Abreu struck out, Story singled to right, moving Contreras to third. Rafaela singled to center, scoring Contreras and sending Story to second. Andruw Monasterio singled to center, scoring Story and advancing Rafaela to second. Caleb Durbin singled to left, scoring Rafaela and putting runners at first and second. Connor Wong then singled to center, scoring Monasterio and sending Durbin to third. Isiah Kiner-Falefa grounded into a force out, scoring Durbin, but Wong was out at second. Duran struck out to end the inning, but Boston now led 8-2.

In the fourth inning, Boston extended the lead. Contreras led off with his eighth home run of the season, a solo shot to left-center. Abreu followed with his fifth home run, a solo drive to right. Story was then hit by a pitch from Valdez, prompting the ejection. Valdez was replaced by Brenan Hanifee. Rafaela grounded into a double play, erasing Story, and Monasterio struck out to end the inning, with Boston up 10-2.

Detroit got one run back in the fifth inning. Vierling singled to center off Bello. McGonigle grounded into a force out, with Vierling out at second. Kerry Carpenter singled to left, sending McGonigle to second. Dillon Dingler singled to left, scoring McGonigle and moving Carpenter to second. Riley Greene flied out to center, and Pérez grounded out to first, ending the inning with the score 10-3.

Bello retired the side in order in the fourth, sixth and seventh innings. He allowed only the one run in the fifth after the leadoff single. He finished with 99 pitches, 65 strikes.

Alec Gamboa pitched a scoreless eighth inning, striking out two. Burch Smith pitched two scoreless innings in relief for Detroit, allowing one hit and striking out four. Hanifee pitched three scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out two. Enmanuel De Jesus pitched a scoreless ninth for Detroit, striking out two.

Boston outhit Detroit 12-7. In addition to Rafaela’s three hits, Abreu finished 3-for-4 with the home run and an RBI. Durbin was 2-for-5 with an RBI. Contreras was 1-for-4 with the home run and an RBI. For Detroit, Vierling was 2-for-4 with the home run and an RBI. Carpenter and Dingler each had two hits.

The Red Sox had lost four of five games before arriving in Detroit. They won Monday’s series opener 5-4. Tuesday’s victory gave Boston a 4-2 record against the Tigers this season.

Detroit had won three of its previous four games before the series began, but the Tigers could not overcome Valdez’s early struggles. Valdez had won his previous two decisions.

Boston continues its series in Detroit on Wednesday, then returns home for a four-game set against Tampa Bay starting Thursday. Detroit hosts Boston again on Wednesday before traveling to Kansas City for a three-game series starting Friday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Detroit 5, Boston 4. The ELO system gave Detroit a 52.20 percent probability to win. Detroit was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total of 13 runs went under the over-under line of 7.5.