Sale left a scoreless game after pitching seven innings, allowing three hits and one walk while striking out seven in his Boston debut Wednesday.
Zimmermann would go onto fire off six innings, surrendering just four hits, one run and a walk.
"That was his game", Farrell said. "We have a number of guys that aren't 100 percent, but there's a lot of fight in this group".
Boston's All-Star right fielder Mookie Betts missed his third straight game after battling an illness.
The Red Sox got another scare in the ninth when center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. fell after rounding first base.
"He's intentionally-walked a couple of times to get to me, and I've got him a couple of times in the past", Castellanos said. Bruce, recently bumped up to the cleanup spot, put the Mets in front 4-2 with a two-run drive off a pitch from Joely Rodriguez.
"We've just got to find someone that can pitch the seventh and eighth inning", Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said. When things finally got going, both teams quietly went 1-2-3 in the first inning.
Los Angeles Angels' Andrelton Simmons, right, looks at third base umpire Greg Gibson after applying a tag on Seattle Mariners' Jean Segura during the third inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 8, 2017, in Anaheim, Calif. Segura was called out after a video review. Hes converted 21 chances in a row. Detroit made it two in a row on Saturday with a 4-1 victory. Victor Martinez almost tied it with a drive to right, but it went foul, and he ended up settling for an RBI single. Detroit tied it in the third. "I knew what was at stake and the crowd was there, the energy was there and you know it was just a fun, I kind of soaked it in a little bit, it was a fun at bat and I was able to come through". "Now, he's going to have to (continue to) do it, but I think it's in him".
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NOTES: The game marked the first time in major league history in which a team started all three outfielders with the last name. Willy Garcia, 24, is hitting.423 two home runs, six RBI and nine runs scored in seven games with the Knights this season.
"I just feel free up there again", he said. "It feels good when I'm able to do that".
Porcello reached 1,000 strikeouts when he fanned Martinez in the first.
PHOENIX - Paul Goldschmidt doubled in two during a five-run fifth inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied from three down to beat the Cleveland Indians 7-3 on Friday night.
Will the over once again cash when the Red Sox and Tigers meet in Detroit at 1:10PM ET today? Detroit second baseman Ian Kinsler is off to a.375 start after going 2-for-4 with one run and two RBIs on Sunday.
Daniel Norris allowed three runs and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings for Detroit.
Iglesias, who smacked the 11th home run of his career, also doubled in a run and scored another. It turned out Kinsler had come off the bag an instant before making the catch-and-throw to first.
It was 1-1 with two outs in the bottom of the eighth. Bradley said afterward he's hopeful he can avoid the DL, but he was set to return to Boston for further evaluation. "I felt really good throwing the ball pretty much the whole game up until the seventh inning".
Tigers: Justin Verlander (1-0) takes the mound for the first time since Detroit's season opener.
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