Tigers beat Sale, Red Sox 7-4 in game one of DH
(BOSTON) – Chris Sale remained winless and frustrated, which was a slight improvement. Sale remained struck out a season-high 10 in five innings but remained winless after five starts as the Detroit Tigers beat the Boston Red Sox 7-4 in a doubleheader opener Tuesday. Sale gave up two runs, five hits and two walks, lowering his ERA from 8.50 to 7.43. Sale said his velocity continued to improve, but had some command issues again. Sale, who won his first nine starts with the Chicago White Sox in 2016, left after 97 with the score 2-2. Matthew Boyd (2-1) combined with three relievers on a five-hitter. Josh Harrison hit a tiebreaking, two-run double in the eighth off Colten Brewer (0-2) and scored two pitches later on a single by Grayson Greiner. Ronny Rodriguez had three hits, including a home run, and Greiner also homered for the Tigers. Xander. Bogaerts homered twice for Boston, doubling his season total. Boyd allowed two runs and three hits in seven innings.

Tigers take second game of DH, 4-2 against Boston
(BOSTON) – Spencer Turnbull (1-2) pitched five shutout innings for his first major league win, leading the Tigers to a 4-2 victory in the nightcap that left the Red Sox at 9-15. Brandon Dixon greeted Marcus Walden with a three-run double after the Tigers loaded the bases against Game Two starter Hector Velazquez (0-2), and the Red Sox were swept in a twin-bill for the first time since July 20, 2015. In the second game, Shane Greene struck out two in a one-hit ninth for his 11th save in as many tries. Boston stranded seven runners against Turnbull and 13 in all. Bogaerts blooped an RBI single in the seventh off Joe Jimenez and Mike Chavis cut the deficit to 3-2 in the eighth against Victor Alcantara with his first big league homer. John Hicks hit an RBI double in the ninth against Travis Lakins, who made his big league debut and allowed four hits in 2 2/3 innings. Detroit has won four of five and swept a doubleheader for the first time since Sept. 22, 2016, at Minnesota.