BOSTON (AP) - Felix Doubront pitched six innings of four-hit ball, and Jarrod
Saltalamacchia homered on Monday to lead the Boston Red Sox over the Detroit
Tigers 7-4.
The victory was tainted by an injury to 2008 AL MVP Dustin Pedroia, who left
in the fifth inning with a jammed right thumb. The Tigers played most of the
game without manager Jim Leyland and third-base coach Gene Lamont, ejected
following a disputed foul tip in the second.
Doubront (5-2) gave up home runs to Gerald Laird and Delmon Young and just a
pair of singles. He struck out six and walked one.
Jhonny Peralta hit a two-run homer in the ninth, and Doug Fister (0-3)
allowed six runs and 11 hits in five-plus innings..
