Tuesday night proved to be a shootout between the Tigers and Red Sox, which the Tigers outlasted, 9-8.
The Tigers (53-48) scored two in the first and second innings, but the Red Sox (55-43) answered right back with three in the bottom of the second and two more in the fourth, to take a 5-4 lead. The Tigers responded with four in the fifth to retake the lead. The Sox scored three in the sixth, but the Tigers got one back in the seventh to go ahead for the final time.
With one out in the bottom of the ninth, the Red Sox had a possible rally going.