Sale Outduels Verlander, Red Sox Beat Tigers 11-3
Sunday, June 11, 2017
Sale went seven innings, giving up three runs on nine hits while striking out seven. The win is his seventh straight and improves him to 8-2 on the season.
Verlander gave up three runs and four walks in five innings of work.
The Red Sox improve to 34-27 with the win.
Red Sox Offense Comes Alive Late
With the game tied at three in the bottom of the 7th, Boston’s Mitch Moreland belted a two-run double off the green monster to score Dustin Pedroia and Xander Bogaerts to give the Red sox a 5-3 lead.
Josh Rutledge would add an RBI single to give Boston up 6-3 in the game.
One inning later, Andrew Benintendi hit a two-run single in the 8th to extend Boston’s lead to 8-3, before they would go on to add three more runs in the inning.
Series Continues
The Red Sox and Tigers wrap up their series on Sunday Night Baseball at 8 p.m.
The pitching matchup is Boston’s Drew Pomeranz against Detroit’s Daniel Norris.
Related Slideshow: The History of Baseball in Central Massachusetts
Baseball and Central Mass. go way back - to the 1860s. The local historical landmarks range from Mudville to Hotel Vernon to Fitton Field. A version of these highlights is posted on the site of the new, yet-to-be-formally-named Worcester Baseballteam of the three-year-old Futures Collegiate Baseball League.
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