Boston 7, TIGERS 6
at Boston, MA
DET 010 000 005 = 6-16-0
BOS 010 001 41x = 7-15-0
WP- Grove; SV- Wilson; LP- Gill (5-7)
HR- Greenberg, DET (23; 2nd inning; 0 on, 0 out); Foxx, BOS (7th inning; 1 on, 2 out); Christman, DET (1; 9th inning; 0 on, 0 out)
The Tigers should have known that leaving boatloads of men on base would come back to haunt them against the explosive Boston Red Sox. And it did. Once again, the Red Sox offense started slow but broke loose for six runs on 12 hits in innings six thru eight to upend the Tigers, 7-6 and take this mid-week series, 2-1. The Red Sox needed every run as the Tigers put up five runs in the ninth inning to make things interesting. But Mark Christman grounded into a force out with runners on first and second to end the ballgame. In the first five innings, the Tigers left eight runners on base as Lefty Grove pitched out of trouble all day during his seven innings of work.
Jimmie Foxx, shown before Thursday's game, smacked a two-run homer in the seventh as part of a four-run frame for Boston.
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