Ortiz has 2 HRs, career-high 7 RBIs as Red Sox rout Tigers
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}BOSTON (AP) 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.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}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.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Rodriguez allowed one run on three hits, striking out six and walking one. He gave up seven runs in just 1 2/3 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 4 1/3 innings.
Mike Napoli chased Greene with a a ground-rule, RBI double, making it 5-1.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Red Sox pushed it to 8-1 in the sixth against reliever Kyle Ryan on RBI singles by Ortiz, Pablo Sandoval and Napoli.
Castellanos homered leading off the fifth, hitting a drive into the center-field seats.
TRAINER'S ROOM
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Tigers: 1B Miguel Cabrera, on the 15-day DL since July 4 with a strained left calf, ran on an antigravity treadmill before the game. Manager Brad Ausmus said he'll take BP before the team opens a three-game series on the road against Tampa Bay on Monday. ... RHP Alfredo Simon, who left Saturday's win with a slight groin injury, will work on the bike instead of jogging as he gets ready for his next start.
Red Sox: 2B Brock Holt tweaked his left leg rounding first after his first-inning single and stayed in until leaving with the team called ''tightness'' in the left knee in the sixth.
MONSTER VIEW
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The ESPN Sunday Night crew called the game from the Monster seats, and Ortiz's second homer sailed a few feet from their spot.
UP NEXT
Tigers: RHP Anibal Sanchez (10-7) is slated to start the opener of a three-game set Monday against Tampa Bay's RHP Nathan Karns (5-5).
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Red Sox: RHP Joe Kelley (2-6) is scheduled to make his second start since being recalled from the minors Monday when Boston begins a four-game series at Fenway Park against John Danks (5-8) and the Chicago White Sox.