The Red Sox and Tigers are two teams who have packed it in with a series of recent moves that removed players and payroll as they both look forward to the future. For Boston that future was on display as Henry Owens picked up his first victory in a 7-2 Boston win with Jackie Bradley having a career day with five RBI.
Owens did display a bit of shaky control in the first inning, but not on pitches.
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Jose Iglesias bunted and an Owens toss to first was more of the slow roller variety that resulted in first baseman Travis Shaw getting spiked on the glove hand and spent the remainder of the game with a bloody wrist instead of a bloody sock.