Detroit Tigers defeat Boston Red Sox, 9-2

The Tigers rolled out the major leagues' most potent offense. The Red Sox rolled out Jeff Bailey, not to be confused with Buddy, Bob, or Beetle.

The hard-line Sox fans undoubtedly will grouse that the team rolled over for the Tigers last night in a 9-2 loss in which David Ortiz played the role of spectator and Julian Tavarez was cast as whipping boy for a Detroit lineup that pummeled him for eight runs in a two-inning span -- three in the fourth and five in the fifth, w...