Dillon Dingler powers Detroit Tigers past Boston Red Sox
Dillon Dingler knocked in career-high four runs Sunday to propel the Tigers to a 6-2 win over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.
Boston — Dillon Dingler grew up in central Ohio. You think a little rain and a little April chill is going to bother him? No, sir.
Dingler knocked in career-high four runs Sunday to propel the Tigers to a 6-2 win over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. It was raining throughout the game, with the game time temperature at 45 degrees, which felt like 37 degrees with the wind chill. BOX SCORE: Tigers 6, Red Sox 2 Against Red Sox ace lefty Garrett Crochet, who gave up 11 runs to the Twins in his last outing, Dingler doubled home a run in the first inning and in the fifth, after Jahmai Jones broke a 1-1 tie with a two-out, 423-foot homer to left-center, Dingler put a cap on it with a three-run shot to dead center.
Dingler’s 18 RBIs on the season leads American League catchers. Among Tigers’ catchers, only Alex Avila in 2011 has knocked in more at this stage of a season in the last 52 years. More: Dillon Dingler's middle-of-order ascent has transformed Tigers' attack Since 2000, only Jarrod Saltalamacchia (six in 2016), Wilson Ramos (six in 2021) and James McCann (five in 2017), have hit five homers in April among Tigers’ catchers.
Dingler finished with four hits and would’ve had a fifth RBI had Gleyber Torres not been thrown out at the plate trying to score from second on his final hit of the game in the ninth. It’s been a rough stretch for Crochet. In his last two starts, covering 6.