BOSTON – Ranger Suarez got $130 million for performances like Friday night's.
Signed to a five-year pact in January to slot to follow ace Garrett Crochet atop the Red Sox rotation, Suarez delivered his first Fenway Park gem against the Tigers. He posted eight shutout innings in a scoreless duel until pinch-hitter Masataka Yoshida broke through in the 10th with a walk-off single for a 1-0 Red Sox victory.
The 6-foot-1 lefty allowed two hits, both in the first inning, and a walk, while striking out four before a crowd of 34,866. After allowing eight runs over 8 1/3 innings across his first two Red Sox starts, Suarez responded with 14 scoreless frames and counting.
Tigers starter Casey Mize dueled with Suarez for most of the first of a four-game series. The former No. 1 overall pick compiled 6 2/3 shutout frames of his own, allowing three hits and a walk with seven strikeouts.
Suarez conceded hits to the second and third batters of the game -- the former being ballyhooed rookie Kevin McGonigle -- but a baserunning blunder from Jahmai Jones squashed an early scoring chance. Jones attempted to stretch a single into a double and was called out after a Red Sox challenge of the original call for the second out of the inning.