
TNK - BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #57 of Season


Detroit Tigers (27-28) @ Boston Red Sox (38-18)
Pitching Matchup – Tarik Skubal (3-4, 3.88n ERA) vs Kutter Crawford (3-1, 3.53 ERA)
The Red Sox and Tigers are set to begin a 4 game series at Fenway Park. The Tigers have been one of the surprise teams in baseball this season as they are currently in 2nd place in the AL Central with a record of 27-28 trailing the 1st place Twins by 3.5 games in the standings. Kutter Crawford takes the mound to open the series for Boston while Tarik Skubal makes the start for Detroit
The Red Sox took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the 1st when Tyler O'Neill turned on a fastball from Tarik Skubal and hit an absolute missile over the green monster for a solo HR that traveled 441 feet at 109 mph off the bat. The Tigers were threatening after a lead off double by Kerry Carpenter in the top of the 2nd and he would advance to third base on a pitch in the dirt. Crawford recorded back to back Ks of Keith and Torkelson but Jake Rogers would hit a chopper up the middle for a RBI single to tie the game up 1-1. The Red Sox took the lead again in the bottom of the 3rd when Enmanuel Valdez doubled and came home to score when Rob Refsnyder dropped a RBI single into shallow RF giving Boston a 2-1 lead. Crawford had 7 Ks through 5 innings of work for Boston and Skubal was up to 6 Ks on the mound for Detroit and we would move to the 6th inning with the Red Sox leading 2-1. Crawford recorded his 8th K of the night in a 1-2-3 top of the 6th while Skubal retired the first two batters in the bottom of the 6th before Devers doubled off the wall but Skubal would get Wong to ground out to end the inning and send the game to the 7th with Boston leading 2-1. Crawford started the top of the 7th by striking out Torkelson for his 9th K and had 2 strikes on Mark Canha with 2 outs and Canha would shoot the gap for a double. Javier Baez came up with the tying run in scoring position but Crawford would finish his outing with his 10th K of the night locking up Baez with a slider to end the top of the 7th with Boston leading 2-1. Andrew Chafin took over on the mound for Detroit and retire the side sending the game to the 8th inning with Boston leading 2-1. Brennan Bernardino came on to pitch the top of the 8th for Boston and Akil Baddoo hit a ground ball up the middle for a lead off single. Gio Urshela was up next and delivered a RBI double tying the game 2-2 and the Tigers now had the potential go ahead run in scoring position with nobody out. Riley Greene popped out to Valdez behind second base but Kerry Carpenter followed with a shot in the gap in left-center for a RBI double giving Detroit a 3-2 lead. Bernardino would get a big K of Colt Keith for the 2nd out and Chris Martin would come on and get Torkelson to ground out ending the frame but the Tigers now lead 3-2. Shelby Miller retired the first two batters in the bottom of the 8th for Detroit before Rob Refsnyder beat out an infield single to keep the inning alive and Tyler O'Neill followed with a liner to right-center that rolled to the wall and Refsnyder would come around to score and O'Neill winds up at second base with a RBI double tying the game 3-3. Miller would intentionally walk Devers with first base open and Will Vest would come in to face Connor Wong with the go ahead run in scoring position and Alex Cora countered by calling on Wilyer Abreu to pinch hit for Wong. Abreu would work to a 3 & 0 count and got the green light as he swung and drove a ball deep to LF but Greene would make the catch right in front of the green monster ending the 8th and sending the game to the 9th inning with the score tied at 3-3. Kenley Jansen pitched a 1-2-3 top of the 9th for Boston and the Red Sox would come up to bat in the bottom of the 9th with a chance to walk off with a victory as they had Yoshida, Dalbec and Valdez due up. Vest retired Yoshida before plunking Dalbec to put a man on base with 1 out but Valdez would fly out for the 2nd out. Ceddanne Rafaela smoked a ball through the left side for a single putting two men on and Dalbec was now in scoring position for Jarren Duran who hit a rocket but it was hit right at Baddoo in CF ending the 9th and sending the game to extra innings tied 3-3. Javier Baez was the extra innings runner for Detroit in the top of the 10th and he would advance to third base on a ground out by Baddoo bringing up Matt Vierling with 1 out but he would bounce back to Jansen on the mound for the 2nd out and Baez had to hold at third. Riley Greene would hit a pop up behind the third base bag that Devers would get to making the catch to end the top of the 10th as the Tigers fail to score giving Boston a chance in the bottom of the 10th. Things were lined up perfectly for Boston with the speedy Jarren Duran starting the inning on second base and the Sox had Refsnyder, O'Neill and Devers due up to hit. Alex Lange was on to pitch for the Tigers. Refsnyder and O'Neill both popped on the infield grass bringing up Rafael Devers and he would be intentionally walked again which now brought up Reese McGuire who came on to take over behind the plate after Abreu pinch hit for Wong in the 8th inning. Lange got two quick strikes on McGuire and it looked like the Red Sox were going to blow a golden opportunity but McGuire would come through and be the hero with a great piece of hitting as Lange went to the knuckle-curve down and away but McGuire was able to stay on it and hit a liner to LF that dropped in front of Greene and Duran came racing home with the winning run to give the Red Sox a thrilling 4-3 walk-off victory in 10 innings to take the opener of this 4 game set at Fenway Park
GAME NOTES
* The Red Sox and Tigers were tied 3-3 after 9 innings and Boston would win on a walk off RBI single from Reese McGuire in the bottom of the 10th to give Boston a 4-3 win in the opener of this 4 game series
* The Red Sox improve to 39-18 while the Tigers fall to 27-29 on the season
* Tyler O'Neill went 2 for 5 with a double, HR & 2 RBI for Boston and is now hitting .272 with 11 HR & 36 RBI as O'Neill continues to have a strong first season in a Red Sox uniform
* Reese McGuire was the hero for Boston delivering a walk off RBI single in the bottom of the 10th after entering the game as a defensive replacement in the 9th inning after Wilyer Abreu pinch hit for Connor Wong in the bottom of the 8th
* Kutter Crawford pitched well for Boston going 7 innings allowing 1 run on 5 hits with 1 walk & 10 Ks but did not factor in the decision
* Tarik Skubal pitched 6 solid innings allowing 2 runs on 4 hits with 1 walk & 6 Ks but did not factor in the decision for Detroit
* The Red Sox and Tigers will play the 2nd game of this 4 game series tomorrow at Fenway Park with Cooper Criswell getting the start for Boston while Kenta Maeda will be on the mound for Detroit
HIGHLIGHTS
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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td align="center" colspan="14">Tigers at Red Sox | </td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="37%">May 30, 2025</td><td align="right" width="4%">1</td><td align="right" width="4%">2</td><td align="right" width="4%">3</td><td align="right" width="4%">4</td><td align="right" width="4%">5</td><td align="right" width="4%">6</td><td align="right" width="4%">7</td><td align="right" width="4%">8</td><td align="right" width="4%">9</td><td align="center" width="15%">Extras</td><td align="right" width="4%">R</td><td align="right" width="4%">H</td><td align="right" width="4%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Detroit (27-29)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0`</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Boston (39-18)</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="right" class="active">4</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="14"><b>W:</b> Kenley Jansen (2-1) <b>L:</b> Alex Lange (0-2)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">DET</td><td align="right" width="8%">BOS</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">1</td><td width="70%">Tyler O'Neill solo HR to LF</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">DET</td><td align="center" width="7%">2</td><td width="70%">Jake Rogers infield single (Carpenter scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">3</td><td width="70%">Rob Refsnyder singled to RF (Valdez scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">DET</td><td align="center" width="7%">8</td><td width="70%">Gio Urshela doubled to LF (Baddoo scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">DET</td><td align="center" width="7%">8</td><td width="70%">Kerry Carpenter doubled to LF (Urshela scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">8</td><td width="70%">Tyler O'Neill doubled to RF (Refsnyder scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">10</td><td width="70%">Reese McGuire singled to LF (Duran scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#0C2340" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FA4616">Detroit Tigers</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Baddoo, CF</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.400</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Urshela, 3B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.303</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Vierling, PR-3B</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.266</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Greene, LF</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.308</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Carpenter, RF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.212</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Keith, 2B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.249</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Torkelson, DH</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.268</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Rogers, C</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.286</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Canha, 1B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.249</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Baez, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.246</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">38</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Carpener 2 (12), Canha (12), Urshela (8), Baddoo (1)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Rogers (21), Urshela (17), Carpenter (15)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#BD3039" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Duran, CF</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.257</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Refsnyder, RF</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.306</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>O'Neill, DH</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.272</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Devers, 3B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.311</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Wong, C</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.213</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">Abreu, PH</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.236</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">McGuire, C</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.302</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Yoshida, LF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.214</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Dalbec, 1B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.321</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Valdez, 2B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.228</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Rafaela, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.265</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">37</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Devers (10), O'Neill (18), Valdez (9)<br /><b>HR:</b> O'Neill (11)<br /><b>RBI:</b> O'Neill 2 (36), McGuire (7), Refsnyder (10)<br /><b>HBP:</b> Dalbec</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#0C2340" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FA4616">Detroit Tigers</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Tarik Skubal</td><td align="right">6.0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">3.79</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Andrew Chafin </td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4.37</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Shelby Miller (BS, 3)</td><td align="right">0.2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3.75</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Will Vest</td><td align="right">1.1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Alex Lange (L, 0-2)</td><td align="right">0.2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.37</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.2</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Skubal - 74 Pitches / 78% Strikes</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#BD3039" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Kutter Crawford</td><td align="right">7.0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3.31</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Brennan Bernardino (BS, 1)</td><td align="right">0.2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1.80</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Chris Martin</td><td align="right">0.1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4.63</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Kenley Jansen (W, 2-1)</td><td align="right">2.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1.99</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">10.0</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Crawford - 96 Pitches / 68% Strikes</td></tr></table></body></html>
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