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Detroit Tigers @ Boston Red Sox

2026-04-18 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 36527 · 50°F, Cloudy · Wind 9 mph, R To L · 2:32

Detroit Tigers defeated Boston Red Sox 4–1. Detroit Tigers opened the scoring in the 1st — Kerry Carpenter walks. Kevin McGonigle scores. Colt Keith to 3rd. Riley Greene to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Connor Wong grounds into a double play, second baseman Gleyber Torres to first baseman Spencer Torkelson. Wilyer Abreu scores. Ceddanne Rafaela to 3rd. Caleb Durbin out at 2nd. Connor Wong out at 1st — worth 13% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	8
BOS	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kevin McGonigle 3B	5	1	2	1	0	0
Gleyber Torres 2B	5	0	1	0	0	2
Dillon Dingler DH	2	0	0	0	0	0
Colt Keith DH	3	0	1	0	0	0
Riley Greene LF	2	0	0	0	2	1
Spencer Torkelson 1B	4	0	0	0	0	3
Kerry Carpenter RF	3	1	2	2	1	1
Wenceel Perez CF	3	1	0	0	1	0
Javier Baez SS	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jake Rogers C	3	0	1	1	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
Roman Anthony LF	3	0	1	1	1
Andruw Monasterio SS	4	0	1	0	1
Willson Contreras 1B	4	0	1	0	3
Trevor Story DH	4	0	0	0	3
Wilyer Abreu RF	4	1	1	0	1
Ceddanne Rafaela CF	4	0	1	0	1
Caleb Durbin 3B	2	0	0	1	1
Connor Wong C	3	0	0	0	1
Isiah Kiner-Falefa 2B	3	0	0	0	0