Thanks to April rainouts, the Tigers and Red Sox played back-to-back doubleheaders in Boston. These follow the schedule doubleheader against the Royals on Aug. 5.
Game 1: Tigers 9 – Red Sox 6
Rescheduled from the April 15 rainout.
W: Aurelio López – L: Bob Ojeda (9-9) – S: Willie Hernández (23) | Boxscore
Record: 73-39 — 8.5 games up on Toronto
Highlights
- A classic 198o’s slugfest: 16 runs on 31 hits.
- Five Tigers had two or more hits, and Chet Lemon had three including his 15th home run of the year. Lance Parrish and Tom Brookens also homered.
- Dan Petry started and last 42/3 innings and gave up six runs on 11 hits and two walks.
Miscellany
- Venue: Fenway Park
- Umpires: HP – Jim McKean, 1B – Durwood Merrill, 2B – Dan Morrison, 3B – Tim Welke
- Time of Game: 3:17
Game 2: Red Sox 10 – Tigers 2
W: Roger Clemens (6-4) – L: Carl Willis (0-2) | Boxscore
Record: 73-39 — 8.5 games up on Toronto
Highlights
- Yikes. The Red Sox battered three Tigers pitchers — primarily starter Willis and relief man Doug Bair — for 15 hits.
- Willis got only one batter out and it was a productive one for Jim Rice, who drove in the game’s first run. All told: 1/3 of an inning, five hits and four earned runs.
- Bair pitched the next 42/3 innings and allowed five runs on six hits.
- Wade Boggs (4 for 5) and Tony Armas (3 for 4) had almost half of Boston’s hits. Boggs had two homers, and he and Mike Easler both drove in three runs.
- Howard Johnson hit a solo home run off Clemens in the seventh.
Miscellany
- Venue: Fenway Park
- Umpires: HP – Durwood Merrill, 1B – Dan Morrison, 2B – Tim Welke, 3B – Jim McKean
- Time of Game: 2:55
- Attendance: 31,055
See you tomorrow.
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