A rather shaky outing from Tarik Skubal led to defeat on Friday night as the bats were held down by Chris Sale and the Red Sox bullpen. A Triston Casas three-run homer was the difference in the contest as the Red Sox won by a 5-2 score.
The Tigers went quickly in the first, with both Andy Ibáñez and Spencer Torkelson getting a good look at healthy Chris Sale and striking out. Rob Refsnyder led off the bottom half for the Red Sox and reached on a ground ball to Javier Báez that the shortstop threw off target.