BOSTON John Lackey's last outing against the Tigers was a gem 6 scoreless innings in the Red Sox' 1-0 win in Game 3 of last year's ALCS. The stakes weren't so steep Saturday night at Fenway Park, and Lackey's performance wasn't nearly as sparkling, either.

Lackey lasted just 5 innings matching his shortest outing of 2014 and Detroit battered him for nine hits in a 6-1 win on a beautiful night for baseball.

The Tigers collected five doubles off Lackey, and Miguel Cabrera wrapped a solo home run around the Pesky Pole in the third.

"I thought he had very good stuff," Red Sox manager John Farrell said of Lackey. "There were some mislocated fastballs, particularly to the arm side that they were able to capitalize on. When you saw the doubles to the right-handers, those were balls that ended up on the inside part of the plate."

For the second straight game, the Red Sox got hardly anything going offensively. Xander Bogaerts' solo home run into the Monster seats in the fifth accounted for the Red Sox' only run of the series so far.

Tigers right-hander Rick Porcello (7-1, 2.91) won his sixth straight start. He retired the last 11 Red Sox batters he faced. Porcello went eight innings, his longest outing of the year.

"He throws a lot of strikes," Farrell said. "He attacked the strike zone. They've done a good job. It's a good team."

The Red Sox have lost three straight and four of their last five games.

The Tigers have won 10 straight road games and improved to 13-4 away from home, the best mark among American League teams.

Cabrera, who doubled off reliever Koji Uehara in the ninth, was 3 for 4.

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