Kerry Carpenter (2 HRs), Tigers upend Red Sox

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Aug 12, 2023; Boston, Massachusetts, USA;  Detroit Tigers second baseman Andy Ibanez (77) congratulates first baseman Spencer Torkelson (20) after hitting a home run during the sixth inning against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.

Aug 12, 2023; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Detroit Tigers second baseman Andy Ibanez (77) congratulates first baseman Spencer Torkelson (20) after hitting a home run during the sixth inning against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.
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Kerry Carpenter hit two solo home runs to help propel the visiting Detroit Tigers to a 6-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday

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The Tigers clubbed four homers for the game

Carpenter opened the scoring by belting a solo home run against Red Sox starter Brayan Bello to lead off the second inning. He followed with his 15th home run of the season in the eighth against Kyle Barraclough. Carpenter also homered on Friday night

Eric Haase and Spencer Torkelson also hit solo home runs for the Tigers

Haase stretched Detroit’s lead to 3-1 when he homered to left-center in the fifth. It was his fourth home run of the season and also came against Bello, who was pulled with two outs in the fifth

Torkelson’s home run, his 18th, came in the sixth against Brennan Bernardino and extended Detroit’s lead to 5-1. Torkelson finished 4-for-4

Justin Turner hit his 18th home run, a solo shot in the eighth inning, for the Red Sox

Matt Manning (4-4) pitched 5 1/3 innings to earn the win. He surrendered a run on two hits. Jason Foley tossed 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief to secure his fifth save

Bello (8-7) allowed four runs on nine hits, struck out five and didn’t walk a batter

After Carpenter’s home run handed the Tigers a 1-0 lead, Detroit added to that lead in the third. Nick Maton singled, took second on Akil Baddoo’s single and made it a 2-0 game when he scored on Riley Greene’s single

Boston cut its deficit in half in the fourth when Turner scored on an error by Maton at third base, but Detroit added two runs in the top of the fifth. After Haase homered, Baddoo made it 4-1 by scoring from third on a fielder’s choice

Torkelson’s home run gave the Tigers a four-run lead, and Carpenter’s second home run of the game put The Tigers up 6-1. Turner’s homer capped the scoring

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