Major League Baseball
Detroit 8, Boston 4
When: 1:35 PM ET, Sunday, June 2, 2024
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Emil Jimenez, 1B - Nestor Ceja, 2B - Cory Blaser, 3B - Todd Tichenor
Attendance: 34662

Wenceel Perez had three hits and scored twice while Javier Baez drove in two key insurance runs for the Detroit Tigers, who rattled off a four-run 10th inning to finish off a come-from-behind, 8-4 win over the host Boston Red Sox on Sunday afternoon.

Baez hit a two-run single that highlighted the go-ahead inning against Boston reliever Cam Booser (0-2), helping Detroit salvage a four-game series split.

Riley Greene, Matt Vierling and Carson Kelly all had two hits apiece as part of Detroit's 14-hit effort. Andrew Chafin (1-1) recorded the last four outs to earn the win.

After Detroit climbed out of a 3-0 deficit with four straight runs between the fifth and seventh innings, Boston's Rafael Devers hit a game-tying solo shot off Alex Faedo in the eighth, clearing the Green Monster in left-center field.

In the ninth, after a Rob Refsnyder two-out single through the right side and back-to-back walks issued by two Detroit relievers, Connor Wong's deep fly ball was caught in right to force extras.

Mark Canha's infield single started the Tigers' go-ahead rally in the 10th. Andy Ibanez's pinch-hit double inside the third base line made it 5-4 before Baez stroked a two-run, two-out single to left and Kelly doubled off the Monster to add insurance.

Devers and Jarren Duran each had two hits for Boston.

Boston struck first as Enmanuel Valdez knocked a two-out RBI single into center. Wilyer Abreu's one-out double sparked the rally.

The Red Sox built a 3-0 lead with single runs in each of the early innings.

In the second, back-to-back singles by David Hamilton and Duran allowed Boston to double its lead. Duran ripped a liner back past Tigers starter Casey Mize (four innings, five hits, two earned runs) on the mound to make it 2-0.

A leadoff walk to Dominic Smith and a Devers triple deep into the right-field corner added the third Red Sox run in the third inning.

Boston starter Brayan Bello allowed just two hits across the first four innings and finished 6 1/3, but Detroit got on the board in a three-hit fifth which began with an Gio Urshela double to center and Akil Baddoo single through the right-side hole. Urshela scored the first run on a wild pitch.

Urshela hit a sacrifice fly that helped get the Tigers within 3-2 in the sixth.

After back-to-back singles with one out in the seventh ended Bello's day, Detroit flipped the score for the first time at 4-3 on Perez's double and a Canha groundout. Bello was charged with four runs on eight hits, with three walks and five strikeouts.

One of Boston's ninth-inning walks was drawn by Springfield, Mass., native Jamie Westbrook, who was making his MLB debut after spending more than a decade in the minor leagues.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Detroit   Boston
Casey Mize Player Brayan Bello
No Decision W/L No Decision
4.0 IP 6.1
4 Strikeouts 5
5 Hits 8
4.50 ERA 5.68
Hitting
Detroit   Boston
Wenceel Perez Player Jarren Duran
3 Hits 2
1 RBI 1
0 HR 0
4 TB 2
.600 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Detroit 14 0 18 .333 24 8 7 3 2 1
Boston 8 1 14 .222 14 7 4 6 0 0