Boston, MA- Carlton Fisk led off the ninth inning with a solo homer, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Tigers, 3-2 at Fenway Park.
The Tigers and Red Sox split the four-game weekend series, and Boston moved back to two games behind the Tigers for first place in the AL East.
The Red Sox took a 2-1 lead in the eighth inning with a rally that started with two outs and nobody on base. Reggie Smith doubled home Luis Aparicio.
But the Tigers (86-62) tied the game in the ninth inning on a Jim Northrup single, which plated Willie Horton, who smacked a pinch-hit double. The Tigers then loaded the bases, but couldn't score another run.
Fisk blasted the first pitch he saw from reliever Chuck Seelbach (3-5) over the Green Monster in left for the game winner for Boston (83-63).
The Tigers' magic number to clinch the division remained at seven.
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DET 000 100 001 2-6-0
BOS 010 000 011* 3-9-0
*One out when winning run scored.
WP: Newhauser
LP: Seelbach (3-5)
HR: Fisk (BOS)
Tigers overall: 86-62
Home: 39-31
Away: 47-31
Last 10: 6-4
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