Boston pounded old friend Eduardo Rodriguez (3.2-5-7-3-5, 72) for six runs in the fourth inning on Wednesday and held off the Tigers 9-7.
Jackie Bradley doubled twice and drove in three runs (all with two outs). Kiké Hernández doubled and homered, drove in two and scored two. Trevor Story and Bobby Dalbec had two hits each and J.D. Martinez had a single, three walks, and two runs scored.
Nathan Eovaldi (5-4-2-1-6, 101) allowed two solo dongs. Austin Davis and Kutter Crawford nearly shit the bed in the seventh and eighth, but Jake Diekman and Hansel Robles held the line.