The Red Sox dropped a 2-1 decision to the Detroit Tigers Saturday night at Commerica Park.  The Series is even at 1-1 with the finale coming Sunday afternoon.  The Red Sox managed just 1 run against Tarik Skubal, who went 8 Innings and notched his 16th win. Nick Pivetta pitched well in his outing, but ended up with the loss  

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2-Out Magic: Tyler O'Neill got the Red Sox on the board 1st with a 2-out solo Home Run in the Top of the 1st Inning against Tigers starting pitcher Tarik Skubal.  It was O'Neill's 25th Home Run of the season and just his 3rd in the month of August.  Skubal had not allowed a Home Run in his previous 3 outings.  

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Nick's Night- Nick Pivetta, coming off recording 10 strikeouts in working in relief in the completion of the suspended game against the Blue Jays this past Monday at Fenway, made the start Saturday night.  Pivetta was staked to the early 1-0 lead in the 1st Inning. He gave up 3 straight hits including a pair of Doubles and that resulted in the Tigers taking the lead with 2 runs in the 2nd Inning.

#37's Final Line- 6.0 IP. 6 IP. 2 R. 2 ER. 1 BB. 6 K. 0 HR Allowed. 96 P/65 Strikes.    

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Potential Cy Young: Detroit's Tarik Skubal worked 8 impressive innings in picking up his 16th win of the season.  Skubal gave up the solo Home Run to O'Neill in the first, but only surrendered 3 hits over the next 7 Innings.  He walked no one and struck out 8.

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Need the Bat: Rafael Devers went 0-for-5 in returning to the Sox lineup Friday night and went 0-for-4 on Saturday night. Devers represented the go-ahead run in the 9th Inning, but hit into a fielder's choice force out to end the game.     

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A Look Ahead: The Red Sox and Tigers conclude their 3-Game Series Sunday afternoon at Comerica Park.  Sox are TBA for the finale and the Tigers are expected to go with rookie right-hander Ty Madden. Red Sox continue their road trip with the 1st of a 3-Game Series against the Mets at Citi Field Monday night.    

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Locked On Red Sox POSTCAST Notes:

Time of the Game: 2:02.

13-4 over last 17 vs. Tigers.   Sox are now 15-23 vs. LH Starters.

The Red Sox are now 12-14 vs. AL Central Teams with Friday's win.

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