After blown save, Red Sox smack 2 HRs in 10th to beat Tigers

Ceddanne Rafaela blasted a two-run homer in the 10th inning as the Boston Red Sox pulled out a 7-5 victory over the host Detroit Tigers on Friday night.Jarren Duran doubled twice and added a solo homer in the 10th for the Red Sox, and Connor Wong supplied a double and a homer while driving in two runs.Kenley Jansen (4-2) was credited with the win after failing to record a save in the 9th inning, and Chris Martin notched his second save.Starter Tanner Houck pitched six scoreless innings, allowing just three hits, and had six strikeouts.Kerry Carpenter homered and drove in four runs for Detroit, which erased a four-run deficit. Jake Rogers had a game-tying double off Jansen in the ninth.Duran jumped on Casey Mize’s first offering of the contest and ripped a double over the head of center fielder Parker Meadows. He moved to third on a groundout and scored on another groundout, the latter from Triston Casas.The Red Sox scored another run in the third. Romy Gonzalez led off with a single and moved to third on another Duran double. Wilyer Abreu’s sacrifice fly scored Gonzalez.Boston made it 3-0 in the fourth when Tyler O’Neill walked, stole second and scored on Wong’s double to left.

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