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With Henry Owens making his second major league start against former Cy Young Award victor Justin Verlander, and Jackie Bradley Jr. coming into Sunday hitting just.121, it wasn’t a duo one would think could propel the Red Sox to a series-ending win.

Verlander pitched six effective innings Sunday, but Detroit’s bullpen faltered in a 7-2 loss to the Boston Red Sox. He struck out seven and walked three while throwing 113 pitches. We’ve played in Triple-A together so I’ve seen that a lot.

The Tigers lost Friday’s game to the Red Sox, 7-2, which led to tension bubbling over between Iglesias and McCann, and a hard shove on Iglesias’ part .

Moments later, Martinez connected again.

The only Braves with a homer or more than two hits against Fernandez is the DL’d Freddie Freeman, who’s 3-for-12 with a homer off him. After an oblique injured forced first-baseman Freddie Freeman back to the Disabled List, Chris Johnson moved from third to first,...