FINAL: Detroit Tigers 5, Red Sox 0 - Pivetta Ties Clemens, Sox Muster Two Hits in Shutout Loss

The Red Sox (28-29) lose to the Tigers (28-28) by way of a 5-0 shutout, in which the Boston offense could only get two hits after being held hitless by Jack Flaherty through six and a third.

It was a slow night for the offensive sides of the ball until the top of the fifth inning, where the games first hit would be a solo home run off of the bat of Akil Baddoo. The Red Sox wouldn't get their first hit until the bottom of the seventh, where Rob Refsnyder would single to left, and the other Red Sox hit would also be a single to left from Reese McGuire. Four of the Tigers runs came by way of the long ball, as Riley Greene and Gio Urshela homered tonight as well.

As far as pitching goes, Nick Pivetta had a great outing, where he would tie the Red Sox record for consecutive strikeouts with eight in a row, which was last done by Roger Clemens in 1986, in a game against the Mariners where he struck out twenty batters. Pivetta struck out nine Tigers in total, and gave up only three hits and two runs. Chris Martin had a not so great outing in comparison, as he pitched one inning, where he gave up three runs on four hits, two of which being home runs. Tigers starter Jack Flaherty had an amazing game, being perfect through four innings and having a no hitter through six and a third.

My Player of the Game: Nick Pivetta - After a couple of rocky outings for him after his stint on the IL, striking out eight in a row to tie Roger Clemens' record will surely boost his confidence for his next start.

This four game series will continue tomorrow night with first pitch being at 7:10 p.m.. Probable starters are Kenta Maeda (2-1, 5.80 ERA) and Tanner Houck (4-5, 1.90 ERA).
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WHO: Detroit Tigers (27-28) at Red Sox (28-28)
WHEN: 7:10 p.m.
WHERE: Fenway Park
SERIES TO DATE: 0-0, 5-1 in 2023
STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Jack Flaherty (1-4, 3.84 ERA) vs. RHP Nick Pivetta (2-3, 4.20 ERA)
TV/RADIO: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7

LIVE BOX

LINEUPS

RED SOX

Jarren Duran CF
Wilyer Abreu RF
Rob Refsnyder LF
Rafael Devers 3B
Connor Wong DH
Garrett Cooper 1B
Reese McGuire C
Vaughn Grissom 2B
David Hamilton SS

SP Nick Pivetta

OPPONENT

Matt Vierling RF
Riley Greene CF
Mark Canha DH
Gio Urshela 3B
Colt Keith 2B
Akil Baddoo LF
Spencer Torkelson 2B
Javier Baez SS
Carson Kelly C

SP Jack Flaherty

WHAT'S UP

The Red Sox lost to the Orioles in last night’s series finale, 6-1. They are 6-4 in their last 10 games, following a 4-game losing streak from 5/15-18. They are 10-15 in their last 25 games, since 5/2. The current series vs. DET concludes Boston’s stretch of 23 games in 24 days, from 5/10-6/2...The club is 9-10 so far during that stretch.

Tonight’s pregame ceremonies will recognize the Red Sox Hall of Fame Class of 2024: Trot Nixon, Jonathan Papelbon, Dustin Pedroia, and Red Sox front office trailblazer Elaine Weddington Steward. Billy Rohr’s 1967 one-hitter against NYY was also inducted as a Memorable Red Sox Moment.

With his next XBH, Rafael Devers will pass Jim Rice for most in Red Sox history prior to turning 28 years old...They are currently tied with 422 XBH. Devers is 15 XBH shy of tying Manny Ramirez (437) for 5th-most by a Dominican-born player prior to age 28.

Wilyer Abreu leads AL rookies in fWAR (1.8) and bWAR (2.1)...His 7 DRS in RF are tied for the MLB lead. He leads qualified AL rookies in hits (44), doubles (13), XBH (21), total bases (79), AVG (.284), OBP (.356), SLG (.510), and OPS (.866), and ranks 2nd in HR (6), triples (tied, 2), runs scored (25), and stolen bases (tied, 7). In his last 9 games, Abreu is batting .375 with a 1.113 OPS (12-for-32, 5 R, 3 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, BB).

With 2 outs in an inning, the Red Sox lead MLB in AVG (.258), SLG (.428), OPS (.755), hits (267), XBH (64), doubles (38), and triples (6).

Last night, the Red Sox snapped a streak of 38 consecutive games with an XBH (4/16-5/28). It was their 2nd-longest streak since the start of 2022 (longest: 71 games, 6/30-9/20/23). Last night was just the Sox’ 3rd game of the season with 0 XBH (also 3/29 at SEA and 4/15 vs. CLE).

The Red Sox trailed in 6 of their last 10 wins, compared to just 2 of their first 18. The Sox have scored first in 30 of their 56 games... Their 21-9 record in those games ranks 15th in MLB.

Isaiah Campbell made a rehab appearance with Triple-A Worcester on Tuesday at Charlotte (1.0 IP, BB, SO, 19 pitches). Campbell has made 3 rehab appearances with Worcester, all scoreless (3.0 IP, H, 2 BB, 5 SO).