The Red Sox offense rallied for their largest comeback win of the season on Monday night, utilizing the long ball as well as some solid starting pitching to stay in it.
The Boston Red Sox improved to 14-21 on the season with a 5-4 win over the Detroit Tigers on Monday night. The much-maligned Red Sox offense was propelled by a seventh-inning rally en route to their largest comeback win of the season.
After a weekend that saw Boston hit just .107 with runners in scoring position in a series loss to the Houston Astros, leaving 29 men on base. It looked to be more of the same for the Red Sox offense in this one. The offense began the game 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position, squandering a golden opportunity to jump ahead in the third inning as they failed to score after getting runners on second and third with nobody out.
As the skies began to open up, the Tigers jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning thanks to a hit-by-pitch and a walk, followed by some sloppy infield defense on the Red Sox' part. Entering Monday night's game, the Red Sox had yet to win a game in which they trailed by two or more runs.
Carlos Narvaez led off the top of the seventh with a walk, followed by an Andruw Monasterio single, which set up Jarren Duran up for the swing of the game. He hit a three-run home run to left field, his third blast in the last four games, and the first opposite-field home run Boston has hit since April 1. That gave Boston a 3-2 lead. "The big hit, the big hit that we need...it was a big swing for Jarren," interim manager Chad Tracy said of Duran's go-ahead blast.
The hits would keep on coming for the Red Sox, as they rallied for two more runs on four hits, extending their lead to three at 5-2. "We keep putting good at-bats together, we're gonna get those hits when we need them," Duran told NESN's Jahmai Webster of the rally after the game.
Perhaps what was most impressive about the Red Sox' offensive performance is that they were able to put up a crooked number without the services of Roman Anthony, who exited the game in the second inning with right wrist discomfort.
The Red Sox will look to keep their offense rolling on Tuesday night in game two of the three-game series in Detroit. First pitch from Comerica Park set for 6:40 p.m. ET.
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