Red Sox Win 8-6 Over Tigers on Patriots Day

BOSTON — Pinch-hitter Ceddanne Rafaela delivered a tiebreaking two-run single in the seventh inning, propelling the Boston Red Sox to an 8-6 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Monday in the annual Patriots Day game at Fenway Park. The win allowed Boston to salvage a split of their four-game series while halting a two-game losing streak.

The contest, which overlapped with the Boston Marathon, featured the Red Sox in their special white home jerseys, first introduced in 2013 as a tribute following the marathon bombings. Boston erupted for six runs over the final three innings, collecting 12 hits in total. Masataka Yoshida, Caleb Durbin and Carlos Narvaez each recorded two hits for the Red Sox.

Boston jumped ahead 2-0 in the second inning. Durbin walked and Marcelo Mayer singled, setting up Narvaez's squeeze bunt that drew a throwing error from Tigers starter Jack Flaherty, allowing Durbin to score. Wilyer Abreu then walked with the bases loaded to plate another run. Detroit responded in the third with Jake Rogers' RBI single to left, cutting the deficit to 2-1. HaoYu Lee tied the game at 2-2 in the fourth with his first major league hit, a single to center.