Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers

BOS 5 — DET 4

Final — 2026-05-04

Game MVP: Payton Tolle — 7.0 IP, 8 K, 0 ER

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	12	2
DET	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	4	3	1

WP Payton Tolle (1-1)

LP R. Vanasco (0-1, B, 1)

SV Aroldis Chapman (7)

Scoring Plays

Bot 6: Vierling grounded into fielder's choice to third, Keith scored and Jones scored on throwing error by third baseman Monasterio, Vierling to second. (2-0)

Top 7: Duran homered to left (381 feet), Narváez scored and Monasterio scored. (2-3)

Top 7: Abreu singled to left, Yoshida scored. (2-4)

Top 7: Mayer singled to right, Abreu scored, Rafaela to third. (2-5)

Bot 8: Dingler doubled to left, Vierling scored and Keith scored. (4-5)

Boston Red Sox — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Jarren Duran	LF	5	1	3	0	1	3	0	2	1	.203	.260	.347
Willson Contreras	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	.270	.381	.475
Roman Anthony	LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.354	.321
Trevor Story	SS	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	.207	.243	.296
Wilyer Abreu	RF	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	.297	.379	.453
Ceddanne Rafaela	CF	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.328	.360
Marcelo Mayer	2B	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	.256	.320	.356
Carlos Narvaez	C	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.219	.260	.342
Andruw Monasterio	3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.220	.291	.360
Masataka Yoshida	LF	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.415	.370
Garrett Whitlock	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Caleb Durbin	3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.165	.254	.248
Aroldis Chapman	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000

Detroit Tigers — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
Jahmai Jones	DH	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.238	.400
Matt Vierling	CF	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	.205	.268	.342
Dillon Dingler	C	4	0	1	1	2	0	1	.257	.328	.495
Riley Greene	LF	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	.289	.389	.453
Spencer Torkelson	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.217	.338	.426
Wenceel Perez	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.150	.215	.267
Hao-Yu Lee	2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.189	.250	.324
Colt Keith	3B	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	.317	.355	.386
Z. Short	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
Kerry Carpenter	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.211	.300	.463

Boston Red Sox — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Payton Tolle	7.0	1	2	0	1	8	83-59	2.04	W, 1-1
Garrett Whitlock	1.0	2	2	2	1	2	26-15	3.77
Aroldis Chapman	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	13-9	0.77	S, 7

Detroit Tigers — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Tyler Holton	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	22-16	4.91
T. Madden	5.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	81-50	0.00
R. Vanasco	0.2	3	4	4	1	0	1	25-12	22.50	L, 0-1, B, 1
Enmanuel De Jesus	1.1	3	1	1	1	2	0	32-23	8.44
Kenley Jansen	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	10-5	5.40

Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan (22,321)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Dan Iassogna, First Base Umpire: Adam Beck, Second Base Umpire: Jonathan Parra, Third Base Umpire: Jeremie Rehak

Broadcast: NESN | DSN