BOSTON (AP) — Kerry Carpenter hit two solo homers and the Detroit Tigers cleared Fenway Park’s Green Monster four times in a 6-2 win over the Boston Red Sox on…
Kerry Carpenter hit two solo homers and the Detroit Tigers cleared Fenway Park’s Green Monster four times in a 6-2 win over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday.
Spencer Torkelson and Eric Haase also homered for the Tigers, who snapped a nine-game losing streak against the Red Sox, one day after losing the series opener. Torkelson finished 4 for 4 and Riley Greene added an RBI single.
Justin Turner hit a solo homer for Boston, which had won four of its last five games and closed the gap in the race for the AL’s third and final wild-card spot.
Wearing their “City Connect” bright yellow and light blue uniforms for the sixth straight game, the Red Sox lost for just the second time in 12 games in their alternate uniforms.
Matt Manning (4-4), who started the first combined no-hitter in Tigers’ history on July 8, gave up an unearned run and just two hits in 5 1/3 innings. Jason Foley got five outs to earn his fifth save.
Carpenter, who also homered against Boston’s Chris Sale on Friday, sent his first opposite-field shot off Brayan Bello (8-7) leading off the second inning.
