Red Sox Finally Reverse Bizarre Trend In Marathon Monday Slugfest Vs. Tigers

Boston Red Sox catcher Carlos Narvaez

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Fenway Park is one of the best hitting environments in baseball and a place where the Boston Red Sox have historically thrived, especially offensively.

Oddly, that hasn't been the case in 2026, however, particularly lately. Prior to Monday's series finale against the Detroit Tigers, the Red Sox were just 4-5 at home this year while averaging 3.44 runs per game. They've been pitching well at Fenway this season, but they weirdly haven't been hitting well there.

That finally changed on Marathon Monday. After scoring just four runs on 15 hits in 28 innings over the first three games of their series against the Tigers, Boston's slumbering bats finally woke up during their annual Patriots' Day matinee, clobbering Detroit for eight runs on 12 hits in their 8-6 victory.

The eight runs were the Red Sox's most in a home game this season. Impressively, six of them came during their final three offensive innings against the Tigers' bullpen.

Boston had tons of traffic on the bases with 20 baserunners, so it was only a matter of time until they broke through. They did it the old-fashioned way with singles, doubles, walks and stolen bases, as not a single one of their hits .