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JOSE IGLESIAS |
THE BEST RED SOX TEAM EVAH! ...
Jose Iglesias' bat drives
the Tigers past the Sox
July 21, 2018 ...
Mike Fiers
worked impressively into the seventh inning, and Jose
Iglesias homered and drove in four runs to
lift the Tigers to
a 5-0 win over the Red
Sox. The major league-leading Red Sox lost
for just the second time in 15 games, and their AL East edge over the
New York Yankees slipped to 4 1/2 games. Fiers (7-6) had his first scoreless outing since his Tigers debut April
8th, when he beat the Chicago White Sox 1-0, in Detroit’s only other shutout
this season. This time, he allowed seven hits and three walks in 6 1/3 innings,
striking out six.
Brian Johnson (1-3)
gave up two unearned runs and five hits in five innings for the Sox. He struck
out five.
Detroit took the lead in the second after Victor
Martinez reached on an error by third baseman Rafael
Devers, playing his first game since being reinstated
from the disabled list. Devers fielded Martinez’s grounder well behind third and
his throw went past first, enabling Martinez to arrive safely. That miscue
proved costly when Iglesias came up with two outs and hit a two-run double,
giving the Tigers a 2-0 lead.
The Sox threatened again in the sixth, but with two on Jacoby
Jones was able to run down Jackie
Bradley Jr.’s drive at the warning track in left field.
In the bottom of the inning, Jeimer
Candelario hit a sacrifice fly to make it 3-0, and
Iglesias added a two-run homer. Fiers exited with runners at the corners in the
seventh. Alex
Wilson got Bogaerts to ground into a double play,
ending the inning.
The Sox star Mookie
Betts had two hits, raising his big league-leading
average to .355. He also made a superb catch in right field in the third,
reaching above the wall to catch Leonys
Martin’s drive.
The Red Sox have been held to one run so far in this series by Detroit,
although they did win the opener 1-0. |
