Overview
- Tarik Skubal, who worked six innings Saturday, held Boston to one run on four hits with 10 strikeouts.
- Kerry Carpenter drove in Detroit’s first run with a bases-loaded walk and later added a solo homer to start a three-run fourth.
- Manager Alex Cora benched several left-handed hitters to stack righties, yet the Red Sox went 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position during Skubal’s last two innings.
- Brayan Bello allowed four runs in four innings, and Boston fell to 0-12 this season when its starter fails to complete six.
- Tyler Holton covered two clean innings and Kenley Jansen logged his fifth save as Detroit evened the four-game series and snapped a nine-game road slide, their longest since 2010.