Bradley Powers Red Sox Over Tigers 7-2

Jackie Bradley Jr. homered and drove in a career-high five runs, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 7-2 on Sunday.

Bradley walked with the bases loaded in the second, homered in the seventh and tripled home three more runs in the eighth. Coming into the game, Bradley had a .121 batting average with one extra-base hit and four RBIs in 58 at-bats.

Henry Owens (1-1) pitched five-plus innings for his first major league win. He walked four, but allowed just one run and three hits.

Detroit right-hander Justin Verlander (1-5) allowed two unearned runs in six innings. He struck out seven and walked three while throwing 113 pitches.

Verlander walked Travis Shaw in the second inning, ending his career-best streak of three starts without a walk. Shaw was erased on a fielder's choice, but Blake Swihart reached on an error on second baseman Ian Kinsler and Josh Rutledge loaded the bases with a slow chopper over the mound.

Bradley's walk got the Red Sox on the board, and Brock Holt drove in another run with an infield hit on a dribbler to second.

Victor Martinez hit an RBI single in the third for Detroit, and Jefry Marte's solo homer in the seventh trimmed Boston's lead to 3-2. But the Red Sox put the game away with four runs off Ian Krol in the eighth.

David Ortiz beat the shift with a soft single to left, and Shaw followed with a base hit. After a sacrifice and a strikeout, the Tigers decided to walk the light-hitting Rutledge to face Bradley with the bases loaded.

Bradley got behind in the count, but fought back to 3-2 and then lined a 93-mph fastball into the corner for a triple. Holt followed with an RBI single to make it 7-2.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Red Sox: OF Hanley Ramirez missed his second straight game with a sore left foot. Ramirez fouled a ball off the foot on Friday and was later removed for a pinch runner. Manager John Farrell said he hopes to have Ramirez and 3B Pablo Sandoval (jammed thumb) available for Tuesday's series opener in Seattle.

Tigers: 1B Miguel Cabrera is scheduled to run the bases Tuesday as one of the final steps in his return from a calf strain that has sidelined the slugger since July 4. Although the Tigers have told Cabrera not to push his recovery and risk further injury, he is targeting the start of Detroit's next homestand on Aug. 20.

UP NEXT

Red Sox: Boston is off Monday before starting a two-game series in Miami on Tuesday.

Tigers: Detroit travels to Kansas City to start a 10-day, eight-game, three-city road trip. Matt Boyd (1-2, 7.90 ERA), who beat Johnny Cueto (7-7, 2.69 ERA) and the Royals in his first Tigers start last Tuesday, faces the same combination in the series opener on Monday night.