BOSTON -- The side effects of the Tigers’ doubleheader sweep against the Red Sox were felt Wednesday. The day after using 10 pitchers between the two games, they struggled to quiet the Red Sox offense in an 11-4 loss.

Tyson Ross allowed seven hits, four runs and three walks and struck out five over five innings in the start. From there, Reed Garrett, Jose Manuel Fernandez, Drew VerHagen and Buck Farmer pitched out of the bullpen. All but Garrett had made an appearance the previous day.

“We used a lot of pitching the night before in the doubleheader,” manager Ron Gardenhire said. “We were trying to stay away from a lot of different guys out there. Unfortunately for us, it just didn’t work out.”

Ross, who has pitched in a relief role in his career, was “frustrated” for the bullpen. The Red Sox piled on seven runs in the eighth inning alone.

“Those guys were on alert for 18 innings,” Ross said. “I’ve got to do a better job and pitch deeper into the game after we had a doubleheader yesterday. I feel for them. It’s not easy, especially after a long day like we had yesterday.”

On a night when the pitching wasn’t as effective, the Tigers’ bats were quiet early on, too. They had connected for 12 hits in each of their victories Tuesday. The following night, they were held to six, going hitless through the first four innings against Eduardo Rodriguez. The lefty struck out seven.

“Give credit to where credit’s due,” Gardenhire said of Rodriguez. “That young man’s got a great arm and can pitch a little bit. He made it tough on us. We never really, really got to him too awful much. We made him work a little bit, but he did a heck of a job over there.”

The Tigers tried to fight back. Down 4-1, they loaded the bases with two outs in the eighth. Ronny Rodriguez struck out swinging to end the threat. In the ninth, trailing 11-1 after the Red Sox’s explosive eighth inning, they put together a late three-run rally. The deficit was too big to overcome.

“It’s baseball,” Grayson Greiner said. “Not going to score and hit every day. ... We just didn’t do enough today.”

Gardenhire encouraged the Tigers to shift their mindset as soon as the final out was recorded and move on. Just as Wednesday’s outcome differed from the doubleheader, he believes they can bounce back to take the series finale.

“You know what? We come back tomorrow and have a chance to win three out of four,” Gardenhire said. “So let’s go do it.”

Cabrera reaches milestone

In spite of the loss, Miguel Cabrera reached a career milestone of 2,700 hits with a single in the eighth. He also extended his hitting streak to 10 games. Cabrera is batting .300 with four RBIs and three doubles during this stretch.

A new roster addition?

The Tigers had a surprise fourth outfielder in the third inning. When J.D. Martinez belted a grounder past third baseman Jeimer Candelario and into left field, the ball was stopped not by Niko Goodrum, but by … a garage door?

The swiftly hit ball landed in the corner of a garage door located to the left of the Green Monster and got jammed. Goodrum bent down to pull it loose, but was unable to dislodge it. A racing Martinez was called back to second for a ground-rule double by third-base umpire Dan Bellino, who assessed the scene in left. Goodrum eventually kicked the ball loose.

“It just got stuck there,” Candelario said. “The umpire had to go all the way [from third] to see that. If the umpire doesn’t call that a double, that’s a home run. It’s difficult to read that. I don’t know what’s going on with that, but it’s weird.”