Red Sox 1, Tigers 0 (10 innings): An old-fashioned pitchers’ duel

Q: What was the final score of the Red Sox vs Tigers game on April 17, 2026?

The final score was Boston Red Sox 1, Detroit Tigers 0.

Q: Who were the starting pitchers in the April 17, 2026 game between the Red Sox and Tigers?

The starting pitchers were Casey Mize for the Tigers and Ranger Suárez for the Red Sox.

Q: How did the Red Sox score their winning run against the Tigers?

The Red Sox scored their winning run in the 10th inning, securing a 1-0 victory.

Q: What impact did this game have on the Tigers' winning streak?

This game ended the Tigers' winning streak, as they lost to the Red Sox 1-0.

Apr 17, 2026; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Casey Mize (12) delivers a pitch during the first inning against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Paul Rutherford-Imagn Images | Paul Rutherford-Imagn Images After a spotless homestand, the Tigers hit the road and headed to Boston for a four-game wrap-around series against the Red Sox. Sadly, Detroit’s winning streak would end with the opening game of said series, after falling to Boston 1-0 in 10 innings. Making his fourth start of the season for the Tigers was Casey Mize. His first three starts were good, then bad, then good — thankfully, the pattern wouldn’t repeat on Friday night. Making *his* fourth start of the year on the other side was Ranger Suárez. Unlike Mize, two of his starts were lousy, but his most recent effort, in St. Louis, saw him throw six shutout innings and strike out six. Mize started off great, retiring the first eight batters before Connor Wong hit a deep ground-rule double to right-centre. With Wong on second, though, Mize bore down on Roman Anthony and struck him out on three pitches. In the fourth he plunked to lead off the inning, and he stayed at first until grounded into a double play to end the frame. Similarly, Suárez was in control early too: the Tigers got Kevin McGonigle to third in the first inning, but aside from a walk, the Tigers couldn’t get a whole lot going against him. Hao-Yu Lee (more on him below) gave a fastball a ride to straightway centre in the fifth, but that was hauled in by for the third out. Rafaela walked with one out in the fifth, and he tried to steal second. Look at this throw. *LOOK AT IT.* Now, I played a little catcher back in the day. I enjoyed it back there: got the best view of the field, involved on every pitch, kind of a unique place in the game. But if I’d made *one* throw like that in my life to gun out a runner at second, my goodness, I’d never have let my teammates forget about it, ever. And it’s not like that was a high fastball, in which the catcher’s already up out of his crouch as he gears up to throw: it was low, at the batter’s ankles. We’re very, very lucky to have Dingler on our team, folks. doubled to left to lead off the bottom of the sixth for Boston; with one out Anthony flew out to left-centre and Durbin was able to advance to third. But Mize reached back and got Contreras to strike out on an outside fastball and the side was retired. Mize carried on into the seventh, as he’d only thrown 79 pitches through six innings. He’d get the first two outs of the inning until legged-out an infield single to Lee at third. took over and Duran took off for second; Dingler would’ve had him but the ball popped out of ’ glove. But Finnegan got Rafaela to hit a grounder to third, and made a great scoop on an in-between hop at first to get the third out of the inning, and the game remained scoreless. Suárez himself carried on into the eighth and he barely broke a sweat, getting a pair of popouts and a strikeout. He finished the inning with 93 pitches; would he be allowed to try to finish the ninth? Finnegan’s eighth inning featured some nasty sliders and splitters, but with two outs he walked Wong and was brought in to face Anthony, a left-handed hitter. (Mr. Burns would call this “.”) Anthony hit the ball hard, but tracked it down in centre for the third out, and the game would enter the ninth in a scoreless tie. But, no, Suárez would not be allowed to start the ninth, as — who, in the past, the Tigers have occasionally gotten-to — took over. Báez singled sharply to right to lead off the inning, the first Detroit hit since the first, but he was thrown out trying to steal second. Torres followed with a one-out walk, and he traded places with Kevin McGonigle at first after he hit a grounder to first. With two out, ripped a double to left to put runners on second and third; that short left field probably kept McGonigle at third on the play. That proved crucial as Dingler struck out on three pitches, the last of which was a brutal 101-mph sinker. came on for the bottom of the ninth, and the first pitch he threw to Contreras was hit towards the Pesky Pole in the right-field corner; luckily Wenceel Pérez was ten feet in front of said pole to haul in the fly ball for the first out. After struck out, Lee fielded a tough grounder at third but sailed the throw over Torkelson’s head to put a runner on first. It was all for naught, though, as a more-routine grounder to Lee was fielded cleanly, and the throw to first was much less eventful. And thus, the first Tigers extra-inning action of the season was about to take place. Dingler started the tenth on second base, and advanced to third on pinch-hitter ’s fly ball to right against . Pérez then struck out for the second out, and Torkelson grounded out to shortstop to strand Dingler. Duran, a speedy runner, started on second and took third on a ball in the dirt; with that runner on third, AJ Hinch decided to go with a five-infielder look; Vest then struck out Rafaela for the first out. He then walked to bring up pinch-hitter , who hit a single to right, scoring Duran and ending the game.