The Red Sox wasted no time bringing out the big sticks in Detroit tonight. Pedroia (laser show) and Ortiz both went yard in the first to help the Sox jump out to a 5-0 lead. Big Papi took another one deep in the fourth and Bill Hall piled on in the ninth with a home run of his own.
Clay Buchholz pitched well going 6 1/3 innings.
UPDATE: Ortiz talked about his two homer night after the game:
“Yeah, I’m feeling good. Swinging the bat, seeing the ball and hit it, my man. There’s people that know a lot about the game, they think they have everything figured out. You tell them the season is not over after April. It’s over after October.” he said. With that, Ortiz started to walk away from his locker. But he had one final comment over his shoulder. “Laser show, like Pedey said,”
Red Sox Win 7-2 BOX SCORE
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Red Sox | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1 |
| Tigers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
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