BOSTON — David Ortiz homered twice and drove in a career-high seven runs to lead the Boston Red Sox to an 11-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday night.

Ortiz, who had two three-run homers and an RBI single, and Xander Bogaerts each had four of the season-high 20 hits by the Red Sox.

Boston won for just the second time 11 games – with both victories coming in this series.

Nick Castellanos hit a solo homer for the second straight day for the struggling Tigers, who have lost six of nine.

Eduardo Rodriguez (6-3) rebounded from a miserable start by pitching seven strong innings.

Ortiz’s first homer cleared Detroit’s bullpen, sailing into the right-field bleachers to snap a 1-all tie in the fifth. He had an RBI single an inning later and belted his second homer – the 485th of his career – into the Green Monster seats in the seventh, taking a curtain call from the crowd when he got to the dugout.

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Rodriguez allowed one run on three hits, striking out six and walking one. He gave up seven runs in just 12/3 innings in his previous start Monday against the Los Angeles Angels.

Shane Greene (4-8) didn’t make it out of the fifth inning for the third straight start since being recalled from Triple-A Toledo. He gave up five runs – four in the fifth – on 11 hits in 41/3 innings.

Mike Napoli chased Greene with a ground-rule RBI double, making it 5-1.

The Red Sox pushed it to 8-1 in the sixth against reliever Kyle Ryan on RBI singles by Ortiz, Pablo Sandoval and Napoli.

TRAINER’S ROOM

RED SOX: Second baseman Brock Holt tweaked his left leg rounding first base after his first-inning single but stayed in until leaving in the sixth because of what the team called tightness in the left knee.

Nick Castellanos hit a solo homer for the second straight day for the struggling Tigers, who have lost six of nine.

Eduardo Rodriguez (6-3) rebounded from a miserable start by pitching seven strong innings.


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