Victor Reyes tripled twice and drove in three runs, Tarik Skubal pitched five scoreless innings and the Tigers beat the Red Sox 8-1 on Thursday.
The Red Sox lost for the sixth time in seven games and dropped 1 1/2 games behind idle Tampa Bay in the AL East.
Boston starter Martin Perez equalled his shortest outing of the season, allowing three runs on five hits in 1 1/3 innings. Alex Verdugo had two hits and drove in the lone Red Sox run.Detroit extended its lead to 3-0 in the third. Reyes led off with a triple and scored on Zack Short's sacrifice fly. Schoop added a bases-loaded groundout.
Jeimer Candelario's RBI ground-rule double and Reyes' two-run triple in the fifth gave the Tigers a 6-0 advantage.Red Sox: OF Delino DeShields Jr. was acquired from Texas for cash considerations and assigned to Triple-A Worcester. He was batting .263 with five home runs and 16 stolen bases in 66 games with Triple-A Round Rock this season. DeShields has appeared in 576 major league games.Red Sox: RHP Nathan Eovaldi will start the opener of a four-game series at Toronto on Friday.
Tigers: RHP Matt Manning will start the opener of a three-game series at Cleveland on Friday. Manning was rocked for nine runs in 3 2/3 innings at Cleveland on June 28., and avoid posting profanity, personal attacks or harassment. Should you violate our submissions guidelines, we reserve the right to remove your comments and block your account. Sportsnet reserves the right to close a story’s comment section at any time.
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