DETROIT — One of the more satisfying victories of this dismal Red Sox season may have come at a high price.
The Sox beat the Tigers, 5-4, on Monday night, overcoming a two-run deficit, shoddy defense, and a passing thunderstorm for their second victory in the last six games.
But left fielder Roman Anthony came out of the game in the second inning after injuring his right wrist on a check swing foul ball during the first.
He finished his at-bat with a fielder’s choice grounder to second and played an inning in the outfield before being replaced by Masataka Yoshida.
Initial X-rays were negative, but Anthony will travel to Boston on Tuesday to get an MRI and see Dr. Matthew Leibman, the team’s hand specialist.
“Just took a swing and it didn’t feel good,” the 21-year-old left fielder said. “As I came back in and went [to the batting cage] to continue to swing, it just was painful.”
Anthony said the pain was on the top of his hand. There was no swelling or bruising. This is the first time he’s had an injury in that area.
Anthony strained his left oblique on Sept. 2 last year and missed the remainder of the season.
“We’ll see what happens,” he said. “I mean, it’s not a good feeling. I don’t want to be in this situation. Nobody wants to be hurt. That’s just the way it’s gone.”
Anthony has hit .229 with a .675 OPS. He has one home run and five RBIs.
The Sox had 12 hits without Anthony, including a three-run homer by Jarren Duran during a five-run seventh inning. That allowed them to come back from a two-run deficit for the first time this season.
It was the first career victory in 10 appearances for Payton Tolle, who allowed two unearned runs on one hit over seven innings and struck out eight with one walk.
He threw 59 of 83 pitches for strikes, averaging 96.1 miles per hour with his fastball and throwing his curveball for strikes against righthanded hitters.
The long outing was needed after the Sox used their bullpen for 11 innings in the previous two games.
“It was pretty good,” interim manager Chad Tracy said. “Especially impressive over the last inning as there was a long wait in there.”
The Sox were 1-8 in regular-season games Tolle appeared in since making his debut last season, 0-5 when he started. That led to a clubhouse celebration.
“I was really looking forward to this. Just kind of proud of it right now,” Tolle said. “I was just happy that we could get the win there.”
Tolle was perfect until Riley Greene doubled down the right field line to open the bottom of the fifth inning. Tolle left him stranded, getting two strikeouts and a groundout.
The Red Sox defense let Tolle down in the sixth inning as throwing errors by Carlos Narváez and third baseman Andruw Monasterio contributed to two unearned runs scoring without a hit.
As Tolle dominated, the Sox didn’t benefit much from the Tigers placing two-time Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal on the injured list before the game because of an elbow issue that will require surgery.
The Sox instead faced Tyler Holton as an opener, followed by Ty Madden, who was recalled from Triple-A Toledo. They combined for six shutout innings before the Sox broke through to take the lead against Ricky Vanasco in the seventh.
As lightning flashed in the distance, Narváez drew a walk and Monasterio singled. Duran followed with a home run the other way to left field, his fourth of the season and third in four games.
“We’ve been having a lot of great at-bats lately,” Duran said. “We just haven’t produced with runners in scoring position.”
Yoshida (2 for 4) doubled before two-out singles by Wilyer Abreu, Ceddanne Rafaela, and Marcelo Mayer off lefthander Enmanuel De Jesus produced two more runs.
The five-run inning was the largest for the Sox since April 25 in Baltimore when they scored 10 in the ninth inning. Manager Alex Cora and six coaches were fired hours afterward.
Monday’s game was then delayed for 28 minutes by rain.
Garrett Whitlock allowed a two-run double by Dillon Dingler in the eighth inning before Aroldis Chapman finished the Tigers off in the ninth. Chapman is seven for 7 for 7 chances this season.
He has allowed one earned run over 11⅔ innings and struck out 14.
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