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May 5, 2026 · AL Cent

Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers

May 5, 2026Comerica ParkPartly Cloudy 54°F · 9 mph, Out To LF
AWAY
Boston Red Sox
15-21
10
vs
HOME
Detroit Tigers
18-19
3

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Ceddanne Rafaela Ceddanne Rafaela homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field. Wilyer Abreu scores. Trevor Story scores. BOS 3, DET 0
B1 Matt Vierling Matt Vierling homers (2) on a fly ball to left field. BOS 3, DET 1
B1 Wenceel Pérez Wenceel Pérez singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela. Jahmai Jones scores. Riley Greene to 3rd. BOS 3, DET 2
T3 Ceddanne Rafaela Ceddanne Rafaela singles on a line drive to center fielder Matt Vierling. Willson Contreras scores. Trevor Story to 2nd. BOS 4, DET 2
T3 Andruw Monasterio Andruw Monasterio singles on a ground ball to center fielder Matt Vierling. Trevor Story scores. Ceddanne Rafaela to 2nd. BOS 5, DET 2
T3 Caleb Durbin Caleb Durbin singles on a ground ball to left fielder Riley Greene. Ceddanne Rafaela scores. Andruw Monasterio to 2nd. BOS 6, DET 2
T3 Connor Wong Tigers challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Connor Wong singles on a line drive to center fielder Matt Vierling. Andruw Monasterio scores. Caleb Durbin to 3rd. BOS 7, DET 2
T3 Isiah Kiner-Falefa Isiah Kiner-Falefa grounds into a force out, shortstop Kevin McGonigle to second baseman Hao-Yu Lee. Caleb Durbin scores. Connor Wong out at 2nd. Isiah Kiner-Falefa to 1st. BOS 8, DET 2
T4 Willson Contreras Willson Contreras homers (8) on a fly ball to left center field. BOS 9, DET 2
T4 Wilyer Abreu Wilyer Abreu homers (5) on a fly ball to right field. BOS 10, DET 2
B5 Dillon Dingler Dillon Dingler singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Jarren Duran. Kevin McGonigle scores. Kerry Carpenter to 2nd. BOS 10, DET 3

Box score

  123456789 R
BOS 305200000 10
DET 200010000 3

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Red Sox AWAY 10

Red Sox opened with Jovani Morán, then turned the bulk of the game over to Brayan Bello.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jovani Morán Opener 1.0 38 2 3
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jovani Morán threw
    CSW 18% 1st-pitch strike 50% 4.8 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 20 53% 1 3 4 11 1
    Changeup 11 29% 2 0 2 5 2
    Cutter 5 13% 1 0 3 1 0
    Sweeper 2 5% 0 0 2 0 0
  • Brayan Bello Bulk 7.0 94 1 7 W
  • Alec Gamboa Middle 1.0 14 0 2
Tigers HOME 3

Framber Valdez started for Tigers, leaving trailing 2–8.

workload · innings pitched
  • Framber Valdez Starter 3.0 60 10 3 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Framber Valdez threw
    CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 68% 2.7 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 30 50% 1 6 8 7 8
    Curveball 17 28% 3 3 0 6 5
    Changeup 9 15% 0 1 4 1 3
    Slider 3 5% 1 1 1 0 0
    Four-Seam Fastball 1 2% 0 0 0 1 0
  • Brenan Hanifee Middle 3.0 33 0 2 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Burch Smith Reliever 2.0 20 0 4
  • Enmanuel De Jesus Middle 1.0 14 0 2

Where the game turned

3 runs Top 1st · off Valdez
  • Rafaela HR (3)

Batting lines

AWAY · BOS
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jarren Duran LF 5 0 0 0 0 3 .195 .250 .333 .583
Willson Contreras 1B 4 2 1 1 1 1 .270 .382 .492 .874 HR (8)
Wilyer Abreu RF 4 2 3 1 1 1 .311 .393 .485 .878 HR (5), SB
Trevor Story SS 4 2 1 0 0 1 .209 .248 .295 .543 SB
Ceddanne Rafaela CF 5 2 3 4 0 1 .276 .339 .397 .736 HR (2)
Andruw Monasterio DH 5 1 1 1 0 2 .218 .283 .345 .628
Caleb Durbin 3B 5 1 2 1 0 1 .175 .260 .254 .514
Connor Wong C 3 0 1 1 0 1 .250 .340 .364 .704
Isiah Kiner-Falefa 2B 4 0 0 1 0 0 .205 .244 .205 .449
HOME · DET
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Matt Vierling CF 4 1 2 1 0 0 .221 .279 .390 .669 HR (2)
Kevin McGonigle SS 3 1 0 0 1 1 .308 .403 .466 .869 SB
Kerry Carpenter DH 3 0 1 0 0 1 .214 .301 .459 .760
Dillon Dingler C 4 0 1 1 0 2 .257 .325 .486 .811
Riley Greene LF 3 0 1 0 1 1 .290 .392 .450 .842
Wenceel Pérez RF 4 0 1 1 0 1 .156 .217 .266 .483
Spencer Torkelson 1B 3 0 0 0 1 2 .212 .336 .415 .751
Zach McKinstry 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .191 .240 .298 .538
Hao-Yu Lee 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .171 .227 .293 .520
Jahmai Jones DH 1 1 1 0 0 0 .220 .256 .415 .671

Pitching lines

AWAY · BOS
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jovani Morán 1.0 3 2 2 2 3 1 38 3.10
Brayan Bello 7.0 4 1 1 1 7 0 94 7.44 W
Alec Gamboa 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 0.00
HOME · DET
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Framber Valdez 3.0 9 10 7 1 3 3 60 4.57 L
Brenan Hanifee 3.0 2 0 0 1 2 0 33 0.00
Burch Smith 2.0 1 0 0 0 4 0 20 1.74
Enmanuel De Jesus 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 7.71

Manager comparison

AWAY · BOS
Chad Tracy
Chad Tracy
Lineup 1.2 R Bunts 0.9 R IBBs 0.2 R Interim
HOME · DET
A.J. Hinch
A.J. Hinch
Lineup 3.5 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.6 R

Recent form

AWAY · BOS
4-6 L2 +6 run diff
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HOME · DET
5-4 W4 +6 run diff
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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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