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Saturday, May 20 1:05pm ET
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BOSTON (AP) -- Juan Gonzalez is starting to get into the swing. Now, the hitters in front of him need to do the same. Gonzalez hit a tiebreaking homer in the sixth inning and the Detroit Tigers managed to get past the Red Sox 2-1 Saturday with the help of a Boston baserunning blunder. Gonzalez, who hit his fourth homer in as many games and also doubled, is 9-for-20 with six RBI in his last five games. "He started swinging the bat well in Cleveland," Tigers manager Phil Garner said. "We can rally around him if he keeps swinging the bat." Gonzalez, the first batter reliever Tim Wakefield (1-3) faced, hit his eighth homer. The shot cleared the screen above the left-field wall. "I'm seeing the ball really well," Gonzalez said. "I made a couple of adjustments with my mechanics. I'm feeling more comfortable. The thing I need now is more men on base." The Red Sox had tied it at 1 in the fifth, but poor baserunning cost them a run. With the bases loaded, Dave Mlicki wild-pitched a run home. Carl Everett then hit a fly ball to Bobby Higginson, who doubled off Brian Daubach at second base before Trot Nixon tagged and reached home. "I was assuming Nixon would score," Higginson said. "I was trying to get a double play to end the inning. Having him not score was a bonus." Daubach, who was cut down going from first to third on a single to left-center in Friday's win, felt his play lost the game. "It was something that just can't happen," Daubach said. "It was a very good catch. A good play by Higginson, and it cost us the game." "That set the stage for the whole game," Garner said. Boston manager Jimy Williams, not one to criticize his players, nearly agreed that Daubach may have been too aggressive. "Maybe he got a little too far," Williams said. "But he did the hard part getting on." Boston had beaten the Tigers in five of six games this year, pitching shutouts in three of them. The Red Sox defeated Detroit 3-0 Friday night. Mlicki (2-5) posted his second win after dropping his first five starts. He gave up one run and three hits in 5 1/3 innings. Todd Jones, Detroit's fifth pitcher, worked the ninth for his 11th save in 12 chances. The Red Sox used six pitchers. Gonzalez also doubled as Detroit stopped a three-game losing streak. Boston lost for the third time in 13 games. The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the fourth. With two outs, Gonzalez and Higginson doubled. Pete Schourek struck out Rob Fick with the bases loaded to end the inning. Schourek allowed one run and four hits in five innings.
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