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David Ortiz did everything you could ask. He homered, hit a two-run double to put the team ahead late, and drove in a total of three runs in
Boston's 7-6 loss to the Tigers.
Blake Swihart also had a career day with three hits and two runs scored. But
none of this offense could overcome more bad pitching—particularly the
"seventh-inning itch" that has plagued
The Carmine Hose all season long. This time it was
Junichi Tazawa—on earlier in the game than usual—who coughed the game-winning two-run HR to former Red Sock
Victor Martinez. That's all she wrote, folks—and Boston is
still the only team in the AL
without 50 wins.
