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Moments later, Martinez connected again.

Martinez’s 413-foot homer off Boston reliever Junichi Tazawa cleared the Belle Tire Man advertisement in right field.

“I’ve always been an everyday player and this year has been a learning experience”, Rua said.

“You want to square the ball up every time you go to the plate”.

The Boston Red Sox couldn’t get the ball out of the infield in the second inning but that didn’t prevent them from scoring twice against Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers. The two lefties Ausmus called upon were responsible for all five earned runs, all of which were driven in by left-handed batters.

Hardy (4-2) played the part of the “vulture” for the Tigres, surrendering a seventh inning single to Ortiz that robbed Simon of a chance for the win and was the pitcher of record when Detroit took the lead for good in the bottom half of the seventh. Lefthander Blaine Hardy and hard-throwing righthander Bruce Rondon threw 45 and 28 pitches, respectively, on Saturday, and were also unlikely to pitch. And after coming back from 1-2 to work the count full, he drew a walk before Pablo Sandoval stared at strike three on the outer edge of the plate to end the game.

Red Sox third. Swihart singled to right.

The Tigers have gone through a tumultuous couple of weeks. The trade came after MLB’s deadline for trading players without putting them on Waivers.

Fox Sports Detroit cameras captured a dustup between shortstop Iglesias and catcher James McCann in the dugout midway through the sixth inning. The teams traded the lead, but the Tigers took the lead in the seventh on a two-run homer from suddenly hot Victor Martinez to tie the series.

J.D. Martinez hit his 30th homer for the Tigers. Ortiz grounded a single up the middle to put the Red Sox back ahead. “I think I earned it, and come back next year”.

1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Instead of two quick outs, Gorzelanny allowed a solo home run to Jackie Bradley, who is a career.211/.303/.297 hitter against left-handed pitching. It was his 20th homer at Comerica Park, the most by a visiting player in the 15 seasons since it opened. Ausmus was able to squeeze another inning out of Verlander, but thanks to his starter’s inefficiency, still had to maneuver through three innings with his team trailing by just one run. Swihart struck out. Rutledge was intentionally walked.

“In probably four of my last six starts, I’ve pitched better than I did at any time last season”, Verlander said. “So I decided to go soft the third time through the order. “In retrospect, I wish I hadn’t done that”. And Tazawa, roughed up for four runs in his last two outings, made sure the Sox never needed to figure out whether newcomer Jean Machi would be a viable choice to close the game.

Tigers: 1B Miguel Cabrera is scheduled to run the bases Tuesday as one of the final steps in his return from a calf strain that has sidelined the slugger since July 4. Manager John Farrell said it might be a stretch to bring Uehara back at all this weekend.

Mets Manager Terry Collins said before Friday night’s game at Tampa Bay that Wright will keep working out at New York’s spring training complex in Port St. Lucie, Fla., through today.