Javy Baez hits pair of 3-run homers to hand Red Sox their most brutal loss of the season

Throughout this spring the Red Sox have struggled to come back Entering Tuesday night s contest in Detroit they were - when opponents scored first - when tied after eight innings - when trailing after the seventh and - in extra-inning games on the road They came painfully close to adding a win to each of those records on Tuesday night battling back from four deficits in the first six innings and forcing two extra innings before Javy Baez blasted a walk-off home run his second three-run blast of the contest to win it for Detroit in the th - The Red Sox out-hit the Tigers - in the contest but Detroit did more with their opportunities going for with runners in scoring position and only stranding seven men while Boston was for RISP and left A trio of clutch home runs from Alex Bregman solo fourth David Hamilton two-run eighth and Kristian Campbell two-run th wasn t enough Nor was a barrage of hits from the bottom of the lineup including a three-hit performance by catcher Carlos Narv ez and multiple knocks from Wilyer Abreu and Nick Sogard It ended up being an even longer night than expected for the Boston bullpen after Brayan Bello only lasted innings The Red Sox righty allowed two earned runs three total on six hits two walks and struck out four Bello was at pitches when manager Alex Cora decided to dip into his bullpen which had plenty of rest after back-to-back deep outings from Garrett Crochet and Lucas Giolito in Kansas City on Saturday and Sunday and Sean Newcomb s sacrificial -pitch relief outing on Monday night Justin Wilson Garrett Whitlock Brennan Bernardino Justin Slaten Aroldis Chapman and Greg Weissert pitched the rest of the way Wilson Bernardino and Slaten in particular were lights-out It felt like the Red Sox lost the match to Baez twice his home runs handed Whitlock and Weissert with blown saves Whitlock now has four blown saves in his last five appearances including two on three-run homers With the encounter tied for the fourth time closer Aroldis Chapman took the mound in the bottom of the ninth and set the Tigers down in order to create another opportunity for the Red Sox Into extra innings the bottom of the Boston order delivered again With Sogard on second as the automatic runner to begin the tenth Narv ez led off with a first-pitch single to put men on the corners Grounding into a force-out Rafaela gave the Red Sox their first lead since the fifth inning Only one arm Liam Hendriks remained in the bullpen when Weissert took the mound for the bottom of the th The righty got off to a strong start recording the first two outs without allowing Zach McKinstry the Tigers automatic runner at second to advance Trey Sweeney turned an mph changeup into a game-tying single before Weissert could get out of the th Campbell was for his last and mired in an for slump when he stepped up to the plate with two outs in the th Beau Brieske couldn t believe his eyes when Campbell turned his first pitch a mph sinker into a towering fly ball that traveled feet just far enough to be a go-ahead two-run homer Rather than test Hendriks who s pitched extremely well in low-leverage situations Cora stuck with Weissert for the th Baez s blast instantly shattered the euphoria of Campbell s homer bringing the Red Sox s longest tournament of the year to an end after three hours and minutes The Red Sox are back at once more and have to face reigning AL Cy Young Tarik Skubal in Wednesday s series finale