The Sox wasted no time getting to Valdez in the top of the first inning as Jarren Duran grounded out to second to start. Willson Contreras grounded out to short but Wilyer Abreu got a base hit to left. Abreu stole second and Zach McKinstry booted a grounder by Trevor Story for an error to move Abreu to third. Ceddanne Rafaela launched his second home run of the year to put the Sox on top. Andruw Monasterio flied out to right to end the inning with the Sox up 3-0.
Rafaela goes yard
The Tigers answered against Moran in the bottom of the first as Matt Vierling hit a home run all the way to Lake Superior to start. Kevin McGonigle struck out swinging but Jahmai Jones singled to left. Dillon Dingler struck out swinging but Riley Greene walked. Wenceel Perez got a base hit to center to score Jones and move Greene to third. Spencer Torkelson walked to load the bases but McKinstry struck out swinging to end the inning with the Tigers down 3-2.
Caleb Durbin grounded out to third to start the top of the second but Connor Wong was hit with a pitch. Isiah Kiner-Falefa grounded out to third to move Wong to second and Duran was rung up for strike three to end the inning. Brayan Bello came in to pitch the bottom of the second and Hao-Yu Lee flied out to center to start. Vierling flied out to right and McGonigle flied out to left to end the inning.
The Sox struck again in the top of the third as Contreras walked to start. Abreu struck out swinging but Story got a base hit to right to move Willson to third. Rafaela got a base hit to center to score Contreras and Monasterio lined a base hit to center to score Story. Durbin followed with a base hit to left to score Rafaela and Wong lined a base hit to center to score Monasterio. Kiner beat out a double play ball to score Durbin who moved to third on the Wong hit. Duran struck out swinging to end the inning with the Sox ahead 8-2.
Kerry Carpenter pinch hit for Jones and struck out swinging to start the bottom of the third. Dingler flied out to center but Greene singled off the glove of Kiner. Perez struck out swinging to end the inning.
The parade continued as Contreras belted his eighth home run of the year to begin the top of the fourth. Abreu followed with his fifth of the season for the Venezuelan Back To Back. Framber Valdez got so angry he hit Story intentionally and third base umpire Dan Iassogna gave him the heave ho. Brenan Hanifee came in to pitch and Rafaela grounded into a double play. Monasterio took strike three to end the inning with the Sox ahead 10-2.
Its a party in Detroit
Torkelson struck out swinging to start the bottom of the fourth and McKinstry flied out to left. Lee struck out swinging to end the inning.
Durbin got a base hit to center to start the top of the fifth and Wong took strike three. Kiner grounded out to third to move Durbin to second but Duran popped up to third to end the inning. Vierling got a base hit to center to start the bottom of the fifth but was forced at second by McGonigle. Carpenter got a base hit to left and Dingler did the same to score McGonigle. Greene flied out to center and Perez grounded out to first to end the inning with the Marlins down 10-3.
Contreras grounded out to short to start the top of the sixth but Abreu walked. Story forced Abreu at second but Rafaela got a base hit to center. Monasterio forced Story at second to end the inning. Torkelson struck out swinging to start the bottom of the sixth and McKinstry grounded out to first. Lee grounded out to short to end the inning.
Burch Smith came in to pitch the top of the seventh and Durbin took strike three to start. Wong grounded out to second and Kiner was retired on a nubber in front of the plate to end the inning. Vierling grounded out to short to start the bottom of the seventh but McGonigle walked. McGonigle stole second but was doubled off second on a bullet to Kiner to end the inning.
Duran struck out swinging to start the top of the eighth and Contreras took strike three. Abreu got a base hit to right but Story struck out swinging to end the inning. Bello returned for one last inning in the bottom of the eighth as Dingler took strike three to start. Greene took strike three and Perez lined out to center to end the inning. Bello was outstanding, allowing 1 run in 7 innings off four hits and a walk.
Enmanuel De Jesus came in to pitch the top of the ninth and Rafaela struck out swinging to start. Monasterio struck out swinging and Durbin flied out to left to end the inning. Alec Gamboa came in to make his major league debut by closing out the bottom of the ninth and Torkelson lined out to center to start. McKinstry struck out swinging and Lee took strike three to end the game. The Sox had won it 10-3.
Sox win
Hero Bello
Hero of The Night is Brayan Bello. He allowed just 1 run in 7 innings off 4 hits and a walk.
The Good:
Wilyer Abreu was 3 for 4 with a walk, a home run, a stolen base and 2 runs scored.
Ceddanne Rafaela was 3 for 5 with a 3 run homer, 4 total rbis and 2 total runs scored.
Connor Wong was 1 for 3 with a hit by pitch and an rbi.
Caleb Durbin was 2 for 5 with an rbi and a run scored.
Alec Gamboa pitched a scoreless ninth inning.
The Bad:
Jarren Duran was 0 for 5 with a hat trick of 3 strikeouts.
Jovani Moran allowed 2 runs in the first inning,
The Ugly:
Willson Contreras was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout but walked, hit a home run and scored 2 runs.
Trevor Story was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout but scored 2 runs and stole a base.
Andruw Monasterio was just 1 for 5 with 2 strikeouts but drove in a run and scored a run.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa was 0 for 4 but drove in a run.
Final Thoughts:
This year may be a pile of ass but that was a fun win today. The offense fired on all cylinders for the first time since Alex Cora got fired but the real story was Bello. If he's that much of a mental case that he can't pitch the first inning, the flip side is he was almost unhittable coming in after an opener. Yes it was just the Marlins but it was still a hell of an effort by the much maligned Bello. Speaking of which, nice to see Durbin get a couple of hits and Rafaela, Abreu & Contreras to show off their power strokes. Those three have been the only consistent hitters this season so far so unless someone else breaks out of their funk, they're going to have to carry the offense. Today they did against the Tigers. Not much to complain about in this one apart from Duran continuing to stink the joint out. The win improved the Sox to 15-21, good for last place in the AL East. The Sox look to sweep the series tomorrow evening when Sonny Gray (2-1) takes on Jack Flaherty of Detroit. The game begins at 7:40 PM eastern time at Comerica Park.
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