After scores of 3-0 and 2-1 in the first two games of the series, the Red Sox burst out with a franchise record-tying eight homers and a season-high 20 runs. It came against the wrong team, but that's OK.'ĪL East-leading Boston has won nine of 11, taking two out of three from the Central-leading Tigers to hold onto the best record in the league. He's had a wonderful career and he's popular here. 'I'm sure the Red Sox fans are proud of him and he's proud of himself. That's a heck of a milestone,' Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. Ortiz homered again in the five-run seventh - the 427th of his career to move past Billy Williams and into 47th on baseball's all-time home run list. It's like the fireworks just keep on coming.'īoston pulled away in an eight-run sixth inning when Will Middlebrooks hit a grand slam, Ortiz had an RBI double to reach 2,000 and Daniel Nava added a two-run homer. 'I've never really seen that many happy faces in the dugout at the same time,' said Ortiz, who was one of a franchise-record seven different Red Sox batters to homer in the game.
The Red Sox homered twice and he also doubled for his 2,000th career hit on Wednesday night to lead the Red Sox to a 20-4 romp over the Detroit Tigers. David Ortiz (2 HRs, 2,000th career hit) leads Red Sox by TigersīOSTON - One after another, the baseballs cleared the fences at Fenway Park - a franchise record-tying eight home runs in all for the Boston Red Sox.
