Top 9th: Tigers go 1-2-3
Red Sox righty Clay Buchholz, in his second inning of work, set the Tigers down 1-2-3 in the top of the ninth. He got Mike Aviles and James McCann to fly out to center field, before Andrew Romine grounded out to the former ace. Going to the bottom of the ninth, the Red Sox are sending Dustin Pedroia, Xander Bogaerts and David Ortiz to face closer Francisco Rodriguez. The Tigers lead 4-2.
Bottom 8th: Sox cut into Tigers lead
The Red Sox got to Tigers lefty Justin Wilson in the bottom of the eighth.