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May 6, 2026 · AL Cent

Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers

May 6, 2026Comerica ParkPartly Cloudy 54°F · 8 mph, Out To LF
AWAY
Boston Red Sox
16-21
4
vs
HOME
Detroit Tigers
18-20
0

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T3 Caleb Durbin Caleb Durbin doubles (7) on a line drive to left fielder Riley Greene. Marcelo Mayer scores. Carlos Narváez to 3rd. BOS 1, DET 0
T3 Willson Contreras Willson Contreras out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Matt Vierling. Carlos Narváez scores. Caleb Durbin to 3rd. BOS 2, DET 0
T4 Carlos Narváez Carlos Narváez reaches on a fielding error by third baseman Colt Keith. Masataka Yoshida scores. Ceddanne Rafaela scores. Carlos Narváez to 2nd. BOS 4, DET 0

Box score

  123456789 R
BOS 002200000 4
DET 000000000 0

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 4

Sonny Gray started for Red Sox, leaving with a 4–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Sonny Gray Starter 5.0 70 0 2 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Sonny Gray threw
    CSW 29% 1st-pitch strike 50% 3.5 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Cutter 21 30% 0 6 3 5 7
    Curveball 15 21% 1 2 1 9 2
    Sinker 13 19% 2 4 0 4 3
    Sweeper 11 16% 1 0 2 6 2
    Four-Seam Fastball 8 11% 0 4 2 0 2
    Changeup 2 3% 0 0 0 2 0
  • Tyler Samaniego Reliever 2.0 31 0 3
  • Zack Kelly Reliever 1.0 25 0 2
  • Greg Weissert Middle 1.0 11 0 0
Tigers HOME 0

Jack Flaherty started for Tigers, leaving trailing 0–4.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jack Flaherty Starter 5.0 96 4 10 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jack Flaherty threw
    CSW 30% 1st-pitch strike 67% 4.6 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 54 56% 5 15 16 12 6
    Slider 24 25% 4 1 8 9 2
    Knuckle Curve 18 19% 4 0 5 8 1
  • Drew Anderson Middle 1.1 39 0 3
  • Brant Hurter Reliever 0.2 12 0 1 inherited 3, stranded 3
  • Kyle Finnegan Setup 1.0 14 0 0
  • Burch Smith Reliever 1.0 17 0 1

Where the game turned

1 run Top 3rd · off Flaherty
  • Durbin 2B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · BOS
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jarren Duran LF 3 0 0 0 2 2 .190 .255 .325 .580 SB
Willson Contreras 1B 3 0 0 1 1 3 .264 .376 .481 .857
Wilyer Abreu RF 5 0 0 0 0 3 .299 .381 .467 .848
Trevor Story SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 .203 .242 .287 .529
Masataka Yoshida DH 4 1 2 0 0 1 .310 .420 .379 .799
Ceddanne Rafaela CF 2 1 0 0 2 1 .271 .344 .390 .734 SB
Marcelo Mayer 2B 3 1 1 0 1 2 .258 .327 .355 .682
Carlos Narváez C 2 1 0 0 1 0 .213 .272 .333 .605
Caleb Durbin 3B 4 0 1 1 0 1 .178 .260 .263 .523 2B, SB
HOME · DET
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Kevin McGonigle SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .299 .392 .453 .845
Matt Vierling CF 3 0 1 0 1 0 .225 .289 .388 .677
Colt Keith 3B 3 0 1 0 1 0 .327 .369 .394 .763
Riley Greene LF 4 0 2 0 0 2 .296 .395 .459 .854 2B
Dillon Dingler C 4 0 0 0 0 1 .248 .315 .469 .784
Jahmai Jones RF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .209 .244 .395 .639
Zach McKinstry 2B 2 0 0 0 2 0 .184 .259 .286 .545
Spencer Torkelson 1B 3 0 0 0 1 2 .207 .333 .405 .738
Wenceel Pérez DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .214 .262 .476
Kerry Carpenter RF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .210 .296 .450 .746
Jace Jung DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .375 .167 .542

Pitching lines

AWAY · BOS
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Sonny Gray 5.0 4 0 0 2 2 0 70 3.54 W
Tyler Samaniego 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 31 0.00
Zack Kelly 1.0 0 0 0 2 2 0 25 3.29
Greg Weissert 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4.91
HOME · DET
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jack Flaherty 5.0 3 4 2 1 10 0 96 5.56 L
Drew Anderson 1.1 1 0 0 3 3 0 39 4.79
Brant Hurter 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 1.45
Kyle Finnegan 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14 0.51
Burch Smith 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 1.59

Manager comparison

AWAY · BOS
Chad Tracy
Lineup 1.2 R Bunts 0.9 R IBBs 0.2 R Interim
HOME · DET
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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Keep reading

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.

Read the full methodology.