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The Boston Red Sox, at 22-22, have some questions to address, but one team legend wants them to focus on one specific area.
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SB Nation on MSNTigers 10, Red Sox 9: Javier Baez blasts Boston’s bullpen as it melts down again and again and againSpecifically, Greg Weissert was handed the lead twice in extra innings, and both times he coughed it up. The crippling chaos canceled out both Carlos Narvaez’s go ahead hit in the tenth, and Kristian Campbell’s clutch home run to the opposite field in the 11th.
The entire city of Detroit is lining up to offer its humblest apologies to Javier Baez, whose three-run homer in the bottom of the 11th lifted the Tigers over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night. GRITTY TIGS! JAVY BÁEZ WALKS IT OFF IN THE 11TH! pic.twitter.com/mqKpgzZ53z
As the Red Sox face Tigers ace Tarik Skubal on Wednesday, they'll welcome back one of their top lefty mashers, who hasn't played since May 1.
Baez thrilled the hometown fans at Comerica Park with a three-run shot that traveled 392 feet at an exit velocity of 106 miles per hour and a launch angle of 23 degrees. Baez's home run was his fourth of the season and 24th run batted in of the season as the Tigers did their best to take control of a challenging game in the Motor City.
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