G88: Red Sox 9, Tigers 6

Red Sox - 102 003 030 - 9 14  2
Tigers  - 000 104 001 - 6  9  1

Xander Bogaerts drove in four runs, three of them coming on a three-run homer in the eighth inning.

Mookie Betts went 3-for-4 and scored three times. ... Rafael Devers hit another home run, because that's what he does (and he's not an All-Star). ... Eduardo Rodriguez: 5-4-1-1-4, 76.

AL East: MFY 8, Rays 4 (11). ... MFY –, TBR 8.5, BOS 11.0.

Eduardo Rodriguez / Ryan Carpenter

Betts, RF
Devers, 3B
Bogaerts, SS
Martinez, LF
Vázquez, DH
Chavis, 1B
Bradley, CF
Núñez, 2B
León, C

The 2019 Red Sox - Not A Positive Trend

End of March:   1- 3   2.0 GB
End of April:  13-17   7.0 GB
End of May:    29-28   8.5 GB
End of June:   44-40  11.0 GB

This Date In Baseball History

1921 - The Red Sox establish an American League record losing four consecutive doubleheaders with no other games between the eight losses.

June 29 at NYY: 5-8, 3-5 (10)
July  2 at NYY: 3-5, 1-5
July  4 vs WAS: 1-4, 3-7
July  5 vs WAS: 5-7, 1-4

In a 29-game stretch between June 17 and July 12 , the Red Sox played 11 doubleheaders: June 17, 21, 22, 25, 29, July 2, 4, 5, 6, 11, and 12.

The Dodgers (60-29, 14.5 GA in the NL West) have won their last nine home games, including five consecutive walkoff wins:

June 18 vs SFG: Dodgers 9, Giants 0
June 19 vs SFG: Dodgers 9, Giants 2
June 20 vs SFG: Dodgers 9, Giants 8
June 21 vs COL: Dodgers 4, Rockies 2           (walkoff win, 2 runs in B9)
June 22 vs COL: Dodgers 5, Rockies 4 (11)      (walkoff win, 1 run in B11)
June 23 vs COL: Dodgers 6, Rockies 3           (walkoff win, 3 runs in B9)
July  2 vs ARI: Dodgers 5, Diamondbacks 4      (walkoff win, 2 runs in B9)
July  3 vs ARI: Dodgers 5, Diamondbacks 4 (10) (walkoff win, 1 run in B10, after 1 run in B9 to tie)
July  4 vs ARI: Dodgers 5, Diamondbacks 1

AL East: MFY/Rays, 7 PM. ... MFY –, TBR 7.5, BOS 11.0.