Red Sox reactions: Jarren Duran powers comeback win; Payton Tolle dominant in rainy Detroit

DETROIT — Instant reactions as the Red Sox (14-21) rally in the rain to beat the Tigers, 5-4, in the opener of a quick-three game road trip at Comerica Park: 1) The Red Sox did something they hadn’t done all season before Monday: won a game in which they trailed by two or more runs. After allowing two runs on a pair of errors in the bottom of the sixth, Boston strung together a five-run rally — capped by another clutch three-run homer from Jarren Duran — to improve to 1-18 in games in which their opponent led by two or more. The game was close despite the Sox outhitting the Tigers, 12-2, behind a very strong performance from Payton Tolle.

Boston’s offense had a lot of hits against a Tigers staff that was scrambling in the wake of ace Tarik Skubal being scratched hours before first pitch . Wilyer Abreu and Marcelo Mayer each had RBI singles to extend the lead after Duran flipped a deficit into a lead and made it 3-2. 2) Separate of the score, the focus for the Red Sox will be on the status of Roman Anthony, who left the game in the second inning due to “right wrist discomfort.

” Anthony flexed his hand and wrist after fouling off a ball on a check swing in the first inning, but stayed in the game after a visit from interim manager Chad Tracy and head athletic trainer Brandon Henry. Minutes later, Masataka Yoshida replaced Anthony in left field for the bottom of the second inning. X-rays on Anthony’s hand “looked” negative, he said, but he will fly to Boston to confirm the diagnosis with a hand specialist Tuesday .

3) Outside of the sixth inning — when the Red Sox made a couple of rain-aided errors — Tolle was excellent. He struck out eight batters, allowed one hit and issued one walk in seven innings, allowing two unearned runs. Tolle was dominant from the jump and retired the first 12 Tigers he faced before Riley Greene led off the fifth with a rocket double to right.