Boston — Ron Gardenhire didn't want this one to fester, so he had a brief message for his players after they tromped back into the clubhouse.
"I told them, 'We've won two out of three in Boston and we have a chance to win three out of four tomorrow,' " the Tigers manager said. " 'So forget about this one. It's over with. We've got a chance to win three out of four here; let's do it.' "
The defending champs came to eat Wednesday.
After losing both ends of Tuesday's doubleheader — the first time they’ve done that since 2015 and the first time they've done it at home against the Tigers since 1965 — and falling to 9-15 on the season, the Red Sox had a little fire in their belly.