BOSTON -- Nick Castellanos remembered seeing Fenway Park's Green Monster as a child and wondering how someone could hit a homer over it.
He had the chance to enjoy it himself Saturday.
Castellanos drove in three runs with a solo homer over the Monster and a double, Alfredo Simon pitched six solid innings and the Detroit Tigers bounced back after consecutive extra-inning losses with a 5-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox.
"The Green Monster is a baseball icon. Everybody knows what you're talking about -- the amount of movies it's been in," Castellanos said. "I've seen this park countless times. I remember looking at this park when I was younger and seeing how tall it is and saying: `How does anyone hit one over it?' To say I was able to do it in a game is pretty cool."
Castellanos' homer leading off the sixth left Fenway completely, clearing the Monster seats to make it 5-1.
Former Red Sox left fielder Yoenis Cespedes hit a solo homer and threw out a runner at the plate.
It was just the third win in eight games for the Tigers, who lost the opener of the three-game series 2-1 in 11 innings on Friday. They closed a seven-game homestand with a 3-2 setback against Seattle in 12 on Thursday.
Mookie Betts drove in the run for Boston, which lost for the ninth time in 10 games.
Simon (9-6) gave up one run and five hits before limping off with a slight groin injury after throwing the second pitch in the seventh. He came in with an ERA of 6.08 in nine road starts.
Simon doesn't think he'll miss his next start.
"I don't think it's that bad," he said. "I felt it a little bit and that's when I stopped. I don't want it to be worse."
Cespedes, acquired in a trade for left-hander Jon Lester at last year's non-waiver deadline, homered in the first on a hanging pitch from knuckleballer Steven Wright (3-4), with the ball hitting high off a billboard above the Green Monster and caroming onto the field.
"Probably not as consistent a knuckleball as we've seen from Steven previously," Red Sox manager John Farrell said
Cespedes cut down David Ortiz at the plate when he was trying to score on Hanley Ramirez's single, for the first out in the second.
The Tigers added an unearned run on a walk, two passed balls and James McCann's run-scoring ground out in the second before Castellanos' two-run double made it 4-0.
"I thought it was moving a lot more than it has all year," Wright said. "It's a good problem to have, but it can be a problem."
Boston cut it to 4-1 when Blake Swihart tripled and scored on Betts' bouncer to third.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Tigers: Manager Brad Ausmus said 1B Miguel Cabrera, on the 15-day DL since July 4 with a strained left calf, is still "a ways from getting into a game," but he's reached benchmarks that included fielding grounders before the game. "First move from a dead stop is still risky," Ausmus said.
Red Sox: 2B Dustin Pedroia was placed back on the 15-day DL with a strained right hamstring that caused him to miss 16 games before the All-Star break. "(He) feels like he needs a shutdown period to get back over this," Farrell said. ... Ortiz was back in the lineup after getting Friday off with general soreness.
TOUGH DAY
Red Sox C Swihart was charged with four passed balls, two coming in one inning. He also had a foul ball hit off his foot while he was behind the plate.
TRAMMEL STEPS IN
He was wearing No. 4 instead of his signature No. 3, but that was Alan Trammell coaching first base for Detroit.
The former Tigers shortstop and manager, now a special assistant to GM Dave Dombrowski, replaced Omar Vizquel, who left Saturday for his native Venezuela following his father's death.
SHOW SOME HUSTLE
Fans booed Ortiz when he was trotting to first and Simon bobbled his comebacker. He ran harder once he realized Simon had to scamper for the ball before firing to first.
UP NEXT
Tigers: RHP Shane Greene (4-7) is slated to start Sunday night's nationally televised series finale. He hasn't made it out of the fifth inning in two starts since being recalled from Triple-A Toledo.
Red Sox: Rookie LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (5-3) hopes to rebound from a rough start. He was tagged for seven runs, getting only five outs in his last start against the Los Angeles Angels on July 20.
He had the chance to enjoy it himself Saturday.
Castellanos drove in three runs with a solo homer over the Monster and a double, Alfredo Simon pitched six solid innings and the Detroit Tigers bounced back after consecutive extra-inning losses with a 5-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox.
"The Green Monster is a baseball icon. Everybody knows what you're talking about -- the amount of movies it's been in," Castellanos said. "I've seen this park countless times. I remember looking at this park when I was younger and seeing how tall it is and saying: `How does anyone hit one over it?' To say I was able to do it in a game is pretty cool."
Castellanos' homer leading off the sixth left Fenway completely, clearing the Monster seats to make it 5-1.
Former Red Sox left fielder Yoenis Cespedes hit a solo homer and threw out a runner at the plate.
It was just the third win in eight games for the Tigers, who lost the opener of the three-game series 2-1 in 11 innings on Friday. They closed a seven-game homestand with a 3-2 setback against Seattle in 12 on Thursday.
Mookie Betts drove in the run for Boston, which lost for the ninth time in 10 games.
Simon (9-6) gave up one run and five hits before limping off with a slight groin injury after throwing the second pitch in the seventh. He came in with an ERA of 6.08 in nine road starts.
Simon doesn't think he'll miss his next start.
"I don't think it's that bad," he said. "I felt it a little bit and that's when I stopped. I don't want it to be worse."
Cespedes, acquired in a trade for left-hander Jon Lester at last year's non-waiver deadline, homered in the first on a hanging pitch from knuckleballer Steven Wright (3-4), with the ball hitting high off a billboard above the Green Monster and caroming onto the field.
"Probably not as consistent a knuckleball as we've seen from Steven previously," Red Sox manager John Farrell said
Cespedes cut down David Ortiz at the plate when he was trying to score on Hanley Ramirez's single, for the first out in the second.
The Tigers added an unearned run on a walk, two passed balls and James McCann's run-scoring ground out in the second before Castellanos' two-run double made it 4-0.
"I thought it was moving a lot more than it has all year," Wright said. "It's a good problem to have, but it can be a problem."
Boston cut it to 4-1 when Blake Swihart tripled and scored on Betts' bouncer to third.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Tigers: Manager Brad Ausmus said 1B Miguel Cabrera, on the 15-day DL since July 4 with a strained left calf, is still "a ways from getting into a game," but he's reached benchmarks that included fielding grounders before the game. "First move from a dead stop is still risky," Ausmus said.
Red Sox: 2B Dustin Pedroia was placed back on the 15-day DL with a strained right hamstring that caused him to miss 16 games before the All-Star break. "(He) feels like he needs a shutdown period to get back over this," Farrell said. ... Ortiz was back in the lineup after getting Friday off with general soreness.
TOUGH DAY
Red Sox C Swihart was charged with four passed balls, two coming in one inning. He also had a foul ball hit off his foot while he was behind the plate.
TRAMMEL STEPS IN
He was wearing No. 4 instead of his signature No. 3, but that was Alan Trammell coaching first base for Detroit.
The former Tigers shortstop and manager, now a special assistant to GM Dave Dombrowski, replaced Omar Vizquel, who left Saturday for his native Venezuela following his father's death.
SHOW SOME HUSTLE
Fans booed Ortiz when he was trotting to first and Simon bobbled his comebacker. He ran harder once he realized Simon had to scamper for the ball before firing to first.
UP NEXT
Tigers: RHP Shane Greene (4-7) is slated to start Sunday night's nationally televised series finale. He hasn't made it out of the fifth inning in two starts since being recalled from Triple-A Toledo.
Red Sox: Rookie LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (5-3) hopes to rebound from a rough start. He was tagged for seven runs, getting only five outs in his last start against the Los Angeles Angels on July 20.
4:05PM,EDT,July 25,2015
Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Detroit - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Steven Wright pitching for Boston | DET | BOS |
| Davis flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Kinsler struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Céspedes homered to left (423 feet). | 1 | 0 |
| V. Martínez grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Alfredo Simon pitching for Detroit | DET | BOS |
| Betts singled to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Holt grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, Betts out at second. | 1 | 0 |
| Bogaerts flied out to right. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Steven Wright pitching for Boston | DET | BOS |
| J.D. Martinez walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Castellanos flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| J.D. Martinez to second on passed ball by Swihart. | 1 | 0 |
| Avila struck out swinging, Avila safe at first on passed ball by Swihart, J.D. Martinez to third on passed ball. | 1 | 0 |
| McCann grounded into fielder's choice to third, J.D. Martinez scored, Avila out at second. | 2 | 0 |
| Iglesias lined out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Alfredo Simon pitching for Detroit | DET | BOS |
| Ortiz doubled to left. | 2 | 0 |
| H. Ramírez singled to left, Ortiz thrown out at home, H. Ramírez to second advancing on throw. | 2 | 0 |
| Sandoval grounded out to second, H. Ramírez to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Napoli struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Steven Wright pitching for Boston | DET | BOS |
| Davis grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Kinsler flied out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Céspedes grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Alfredo Simon pitching for Detroit | DET | BOS |
| De Aza lined out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| Swihart lined out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| Betts lined out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Steven Wright pitching for Boston | DET | BOS |
| V. Martínez reached on infield single to third. | 2 | 0 |
| J.D. Martinez singled to shallow left, V. Martínez to second. | 2 | 0 |
| V. Martínez to third, J.D. Martinez to second on passed ball by Swihart. | 2 | 0 |
| Castellanos hit a ground rule double to deep center, V. Martínez and J.D. Martinez scored. | 4 | 0 |
| Avila struck out looking. | 4 | 0 |
| McCann lined into double play, shortstop to second, Castellanos doubled off second. | 4 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Alfredo Simon pitching for Detroit | DET | BOS |
| Holt grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 0 |
| Bogaerts struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| Ortiz walked. | 4 | 0 |
| H. Ramírez singled to center, Ortiz to second. | 4 | 0 |
| Sandoval walked, Ortiz to third, H. Ramírez to second. | 4 | 0 |
| Napoli grounded out to third. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Steven Wright pitching for Boston | DET | BOS |
| Iglesias doubled to left. | 4 | 0 |
| Iglesias to third on passed ball by Swihart. | 4 | 0 |
| Davis struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| Kinsler walked. | 4 | 0 |
| N. Ramirez relieved Wright. | 4 | 0 |
| Céspedes flied out to left. | 4 | 0 |
| V. Martínez walked, Kinsler to second. | 4 | 0 |
| J.D. Martinez flied out to center. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Alfredo Simon pitching for Detroit | DET | BOS |
| De Aza struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| Swihart tripled to deep right. | 4 | 0 |
| Betts grounded out to third, Swihart scored. | 4 | 1 |
| Holt grounded out to second. | 4 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Noe Ramirez pitching for Boston | DET | BOS |
| Castellanos homered to left center (399 feet). | 5 | 1 |
| Avila grounded out to first. | 5 | 1 |
| McCann singled to center. | 5 | 1 |
| Iglesias grounded into fielder's choice to third, McCann out at second. | 5 | 1 |
| Davis fouled out to third. | 5 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Alfredo Simon pitching for Detroit | DET | BOS |
| Bogaerts struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| Ortiz grounded out to pitcher. | 5 | 1 |
| H. Ramírez popped out to shortstop. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Justin Masterson pitching for Boston | DET | BOS |
| Masterson relieved N. Ramirez. | 5 | 1 |
| Kinsler struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| Céspedes grounded out to third. | 5 | 1 |
| V. Martínez grounded out to pitcher. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Alfredo Simon pitching for Detroit | DET | BOS |
| Krol relieved Simon. | 5 | 1 |
| Sandoval grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 1 |
| Napoli walked. | 5 | 1 |
| Victorino hit for De Aza. | 5 | 1 |
| Wilson relieved Krol. | 5 | 1 |
| Victorino grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Napoli out at second. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Justin Masterson pitching for Boston | DET | BOS |
| Victorino in right field. | 5 | 1 |
| J.D. Martinez singled to center. | 5 | 1 |
| Castellanos grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J.D. Martinez out at second. | 5 | 1 |
| Romine ran for Castellanos. | 5 | 1 |
| Avila lined out to left. | 5 | 1 |
| McCann popped out to shortstop. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Alex Wilson pitching for Detroit | DET | BOS |
| Romine at third base. | 5 | 1 |
| Swihart struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| Betts lined out to center. | 5 | 1 |
| Holt struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Craig Breslow pitching for Boston | DET | BOS |
| Breslow relieved Masterson. | 5 | 1 |
| Iglesias struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| Davis singled to shallow left. | 5 | 1 |
| Kinsler grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Davis out at second. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Joakim Soria pitching for Detroit | DET | BOS |
| Gose in center field. | 5 | 1 |
| Soria relieved Wilson. | 5 | 1 |
| Bogaerts singled to right. | 5 | 1 |
| Ortiz grounded into fielder's choice to second, Bogaerts out at second. | 5 | 1 |
| H. Ramírez lined out to pitcher, Ortiz to second. | 5 | 1 |
| Sandoval grounded out to second. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit Tigers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Davis CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .260 | .318 | .407 |
Gose CF
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .274 | .318 | .380 |
| Kinsler 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | .286 | .347 | .408 |
| Céspedes LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .287 | .319 | .488 |
| V. Martínez DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | .261 | .327 | .390 |
| J.D. Martinez RF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | .287 | .347 | .554 |
| Castellanos 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .245 | .294 | .393 |
Romine PR-3B
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .295 | .344 | .398 |
| Avila 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .191 | .331 | .282 |
| McCann C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .288 | .325 | .433 |
| Iglesias SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .323 | .370 | .407 |
| Totals | 35 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 137 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Castellanos (14, Wright); Iglesias (14, Wright) HR: Céspedes (15, 1st inning off Wright 0 on, 2 Out); Castellanos (9, 6th inning off N. Ramirez 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: Céspedes (55), McCann (24), Castellanos 3 (46) 2-out RBI: Céspedes GIDP: Kinsler Tigers RISP: 1-8 (McCann 0-2, Céspedes 0-1, Avila 0-2, Davis 0-1, J.D. Martinez 0-1, Castellanos 1-1) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 2 (Simon-Iglesias-Avila, Iglesias-Kinsler-Avila). Outfield Assist: Céspedes (Ortiz at Home). | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| SP SIMON (LOWER BODY) LEFT GAME BOT 7TH |
Game Information
| Stadium | Fenway Park, Boston, MA |
| Attendance | 37,256 (98.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:57 |
| Weather | 68 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 15 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Mike Everitt, First Base - Tim Welke, Second Base - Toby Basner, Third Base - Tim Timmons |
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