Martinez and Tigers hold off Ortiz, Red Sox in 7-6 victory

That year he batted.320/.414/.631 with 72 runs scored, 30 home runs and 75 RBIs in 113 games. He has allowed two runs or fewer in three of his last four. The Red Sox had added two more in the top of the inning, with Bogaerts doubling in Hanigan and Castillo, leaving fairly easy work for a bullpen that finally managed to put together a scoreless performance, even if Justin Masterson managed to load the bases with one out in the ninth to force Koji into the game.

The Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers play a rubber game Sunday afternoon. The 39-year-old is hitting.

The home run was the 489th of his career, putting him 11 shy of 500.

Tigers shortstop Jose Iglesias got into a dustup with catcher James McCann in the dugout during the sixth inning. J.Martinez doubled to left, Kinsler scored.

The Red Sox lead the season series, 3-1. Miley gave up five runs on nine hits and a walk. He was formally a 2012 All-Star for the Arizona Diamondbacks. The double came on his 425th plate appearance of the season. McCann’s run-scoring double made it 5-3. The Cuban reached on an infield single, which allowed him to rack up another RBI. The left-hander is taking the place in the rotation of injured former Detroit starter Rick Porcello.

They went 1-1 in their 2014 matchups, with Simon (10-6) posting a 3.38 ERA for Cincinnati and Miley (8-9) at 2.84 for Arizona. Napoli has struggled mightily at the plate this season; as recently as July 22, he was batting only.198. Over that span, the Tigers hit 17 home runs and batted. He is in his first year with Detroit after being acquired in the winter from the Cincinnati Reds.

The Tigers right-hander has posted a 10.91 ERA in a three-start home slide that is one shy of his worst-ever such stretch set past year. Blaine Hardy (4-2) won in relief.

WASHINGTON – Drew Storen allowed Carlos Gonzalez’s eighth-inning grand slam, and Washington blew a four-run lead in the loss to Colorado. With Castillo once again reaching base with his second of three hits on the night, David Ortiz got a hanging slider and did what David Ortiz is supposed to do with hanging sliders, belting his 22nd homer of the season to right field to make it 4-0 for the Red Sox. The long ball came with two-outs in the seventh.

In the bottom of the fifth, with a runner on base, Davis knocked out his third homer of the season to left field off Miley to tie the game at two.

Martinez’s 413-foot homer off Boston reliever Junichi Tazawa cleared the Belle Tire Man advertisement in right field. “Obviously opposing pitchers are being extremely careful with him and, when he does get his pitch, he’s not missing it”.

For the second time in three innings, Bradley Jr. had two on and no out. Detroit had hard-throwing Bruce Rondon, on the mound. Ortiz was intentionally walked.

That gave Pablo Sandoval a chance and he struck out looking, finishing off an 0-for-5 night.

“You spend seven months with each other, there’s going to be disagreements and sometimes it leads to pushing and shoving”, beleaguered manager Brad Ausmus said.