Red Sox Rally in 7th to Beat Tigers 5-4

Boston Red Sox rallied with a five-run seventh inning capped by Jarren Duran's three-run homer to defeat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 on Monday night in the opener of a three-game series at Comerica Park.

Payton Tolle earned the first win of his major league career, allowing two unearned runs and one hit over seven innings. The right-hander struck out eight, walked one and threw 83 pitches in an efficient outing. Aroldis Chapman closed it out with a hitless ninth inning for his seventh save.

Duran finished 3-for-5 with three RBIs, including his go-ahead blast off the left-field wall against reliever Ricky Vanasco. Marcelo Mayer added two hits and an RBI, while Wilyer Abreu delivered an RBI single and Masataka Yoshida scored on a double ahead of Abreu's hit. Ceddanne Rafaela and Mayer followed with singles that plated Abreu for a 5-2 lead. Boston collected 12 hits overall.

The Tigers grabbed a 2-0 advantage in the sixth without a hit, capitalizing on defensive miscues. Colt Keith was hit by a pitch and Jahmai Jones walked with one out. Catcher Carlos Narvaez's errant pickoff throw advanced both runners, and third baseman Andruw Monasterio's throwing error on Matt Vierling's broken-bat...