The Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 on May 4, 2026 at Comerica Park.
Final · Comerica Park
Top performers
- Jarren Duran went 3-for-5 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Red Sox.
- Payton Tolle pitched 7.0 innings for the Red Sox, allowing 0 earned runs with 8 strikeouts.
- Dillon Dingler went 1-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Tigers.
- Ty Madden pitched 5.0 innings for the Tigers, allowing 0 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
Boston Red Sox box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Story | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jarren Duran | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Ceddanne Rafaela | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andruw Monasterio | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Willson Contreras | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Wilyer Abreu | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Marcelo Mayer | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Masataka Yoshida | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Narvaez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Roman Anthony | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 39 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payton Tolle | 7.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Garrett Whitlock | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Aroldis Chapman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
Detroit Tigers box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Greene | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dillon Dingler | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Wenceel Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hao-Yu Lee | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zack Short | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Vierling | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jahmai Jones | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Colt Keith | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kerry Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Madden | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Enmanuel De Jesus | 1.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Kenley Jansen | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Holton | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
Before and after
- Red Sox · 2026 season · Previous May 3, 2026: HOU 3, BOS 1 · Next May 5, 2026: BOS 10, DET 3
- Tigers · 2026 season · Previous May 3, 2026: TEX 1, DET 7 · Next May 5, 2026: BOS 10, DET 3