Pinch-hitter Yoshida delivers RBI single in the 10th as green-clad Red Sox beat Tigers 1-0

Pinch-hitter Yoshida delivers RBI single in the 10th as green-clad Red Sox beat Tigers 1-0

BOSTON (AP) — Pinch-hitter Masataka Yoshida singled over a drawn-in, five-man infield, scoring Jarren Duran from third base with one out in the 10th inning, as the Boston Red Sox beat Detroit 1-0 on Friday night, snapping the Tigers' six-game winning streak.

Associated Press Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Ranger Suarez reacts during the second inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Friday, April 17, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) Detroit Tigers Hao-Yu Lee watches strike three cross the plate in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox Friday, April 17, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) Boston Red Sox's Marcelo Mayer walks to the dugout after striking out in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Friday, April 17, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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The game featured scoreless starts by Boston’s Ranger Suarez and Detroit’s Casey Mize and each team with just four hits.

The Red Sox, sporting their “Fenway Greens” uniforms for the first time this season, improved to 7-5 — all walk-off wins — in the green jerseys that debuted in 2025.

Duran, the automatic runner, advanced to third on a wild pitch by Will Vest (1-3) before Yoshida bounced a grounder over first baseman Spencer Torkelson.

Suarez worked eight innings, giving up two singles in the first inning, and had four strikeouts and a walk. Garrett Whitlock (1-1) pitched the 10th for the victory.

Mize struck out seven and allowed three hits and a walk over 6 2/3 innings.

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Boston's Aroldis Chapman struck out Dillon Dingler swinging with a 101.3-mph pitch to the end the ninth.

Coming offhis first victory with the Red Soxin his previous start when he went six scoreless innings against St. Louis on Saturday, Suarez relied on mostly a sharp curveball, changeup and well-spotted fastball to keep the Tigers off balance.

Fresh off a 6-0 homestandthat included three straight walk-off victories against Kansas City, the Tigers had two consecutive hits in the first inning — the second a double overturned after review when Jahmai Jones was tagged out sliding into the bag. Then, Suarez retired 22 of the next 23 batters, allowing only a walk.

Mize’s only hit allowed through the first five innings was a two-out, ground-rule double by Connor Wong into the center-field triangle.

Up next

Tigers ace LHP Tarik Skubal (2-2, 2.22 ERA) faces Boston RHP Brayan Bello (1-1, 6.14) on Saturday.

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