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BOSTON -- Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine knew Adrian Gonzalez would get one more at-bat if he left him in the outfield a little longer. He did, and it turned out to be the right choice. Gonzalez, playing right in Bostons injury-riddled outfield, drove in the tiebreaking run to help lift the Red Sox to their 14th win in 19 games, a 6-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night. "Keep him in, let him stay in, have (Kevin) Youkilis go to third (from first), I dont know," Valentine said, smiling when asked what his plan usually is to get the slow-footed Gonzalez out of the outfield. Valentine said at one point he was talking with bench coach Tom Bogar about lifting Gonzalez in the sixth, but then said, "No, hes going to come up again." Boston currently has six outfielders on the disabled list. David Ortiz and Will Middlebrooks each hit two-run homers, and Youkilis had a solo shot for Boston. Gonzalez had a pair of doubles for Boston, his second coming after he had a ball bounce out of his glove for the tying hit. "We joke around and say, Whos going to play the Little League game and get the six-inning pull?" said Gonzalez, mostly a first baseman. Miguel Cabrera went 4 for 5 with three doubles and drove in a run for Detroit, which has dropped the first three of a four-game series in Fenway Park. The Red Sox can close out the sweep Thursday night when Josh Beckett faces Tigers righty Max Scherzer. Matt Albers (1-0) gave up a tying hit, but retired one batter to get the win. Alfredo Aceves collected his 13th save in 16 chances, working for the fourth straight day. With the Tigers trailing 4-3 in the seventh, Jon Lester was pulled after he fanned the final batter he faced -- Quintin Berry -- and Albers entered with a runner on second. Danny Worth reached on an infield hit before Cabrera looped one down the right field line that bounced off Gonzalezs glove as he attempted a sliding catch near the short wall, tying the game. But Gonzalezs ground-rule double moved Boston back in front 5-4 in the bottom of the inning. Daniel Nava drew a two-out walk and Mike Aviles singled off reliever Octavio Dotel (1-2). "After we tied it up, we got two real quick outs in that inning then they end up getting that run," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. "Thats tough." The Tigers had built a 3-0 lead against Lester with a run in the first and two in the third before Boston rallied with four after two outs in the fourth against starter Drew Smyly. "We knew the second time around what he had already," Middlebrooks said. "He showed us what he had so the second time around we knew what to expect." The Red Sox entered the game leading the majors with homers (24) and extra base hits (61) against left-handed pitching. After being held to just an infield single, they added to those numbers with their big fourth. After Smyly got the first two batters on a fly to the track in centre and a strikeout, Boston collected five consecutive hits -- highlighted by the two-run homers by Ortiz and Middlebrooks. Ortiz hit a shot into the centre field bleachers -- his 12th of the season -- and Middlebrooks had a line drive into the first row of the seats above the Green Monster. "You definitely want to keep it in the yard," Smyly said. "Just (the) two-run home runs, its hard to win like that." Lester gave up four runs, 10 hits, struck out seven and didnt walk anyone over 6 2-3 innings. "We just havent been able to get that big crusher hit," Leyland said. "We had some really good at-bats against Lester." Smyly allowed four runs on eight hits in six innings. Lester, coming off his second-worst start of the season when he lasted only four innings and gave up seven runs in a loss to Tampa Bay last Friday, gave up three straight singles to load the bases before Delmon Youngs run-scoring grounder made it 1-0. Worth had a sacrifice fly and Prince Fielder a run-scoring grounder to make it 3-0 in the third. NOTES: The Tigers placed RHP Doug Fister on the 15-day DL before the game with and will promoted 23-year old lefty Casey Crosby from Triple-A Toledo to make his first major league start at home against the Yankees on Friday. ... Detroit purchased the contract of C Omir Santos from Toledo on Wednesday after they optioned INF-OF Ryan Raburn back to Toledo following Tuesdays game. ... Valentine said OF Darnell McDonald, on the 15-day DL with a strained right oblique, would stay with the club for a few days until he felt better. He had played with Triple-A Pawtucket in three rehab appearances. ... A big cheer went up when highlights of the Celtics-Heat Eastern Conference final was shown on the centre-field scoreboard. Coach Outlet .Y. -- Buffalo Bills receiver Stevie Johnson is scheduled to have what his agent described as "very minor" surgery to repair a groin injury that nagged the player for most of last season. Coach Handbags Outlet . On Wednesday, they had four with big games. Daniel Murphy homered twice, Scott Hairston hit a grand slam and David Wright drove in five runs to lead the Mets to a 17-1 rout of the Chicago Cubs. [url=http://www.official-coach-shop.com/]http://www.official-coach-shop.com/[/ur... . The 23-year-old led Montreal last season with 65 points in 79 games and was second in goal-scoring with 33 goals, two fewer than Erik Cole.ASPEN, Colo. -- Austrias Kathrin Zettel held off teammate and training partner Marlies Schild to win a World Cup slalom Sunday, skiing a blazing second run on a course on which she is much at home. Zettel finished in a combined time of one minute, 42.46 seconds to edge Schild by 0.67 seconds. Tina Maze of Slovenia was third in a race Lindsey Vonn skipped as she recovers from an intestinal illness. Schild was seeking her 34th career slalom win, which would match the discipline record of Swiss great Vreni Schneider. She looked on her way, too, after a swift second run through a challenging course. But Schild was eclipsed by Zettel, the last skier of the afternoon. "She was pretty tough to beat," Schild said. Theres something about the Aspen hill that suits Zettel. She also finished second in the giant slalom the day before, making it a highly productive weekend. She now has eight career podium finishes at this venue. "I dont even know what to say," said Zettel, who won her first slalom race since 2010. "Aspen is a great place for me." Teenager Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. was in the lead for a few skiers before winding up seventh. Still, it was another solid showing for the 17-year-old whos from down the road in Vail. Very rapidly, Shiffrin is making quite a name for herself. "Im just trying to establish myself ass a competitive racer with all these other guys," she said.dddddddddddd Shiffrins definitely succeeding, with some referring to her as skiings next prodigy. "I dont know what I am. I just know I love to race, love to ski and love to go fast. I guess let people think what they want," Shiffrin said. "But its very flattering." Marie-Pier Prefontaine of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Que., was 13th with a total time of 2:02.47, Marie-Michele Gagnon of Lac-Etchemin, Que., was 23rd in 2:03.10. Vonn is still regaining her strength after a bad stomach bug recently landed her in the hospital. She competed in the giant slalom Saturday -- finishing 21st -- but was clearly winded at the end. She collapsed in the snow after her final run. Her plan all along was to skip the slalom. The four-time overall champion is conserving energy for next weekends races in Lake Louise, Alberta, a venue Vonn has typically dominated. She won all three speed races there last season. Vonn will have some ground to make up with Maze jumping to a big lead in the overall standings. Maze finished runner-up to Vonn last season. So far this season, no one is skiing any better than Maze, who already has two wins, along with third- and fourth-place finishes. "Im feeling fit and strong," Maze said. "Everything is going well for me." ' ' '
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