Detroit Tigers' Max Scherzer pitches in the first inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox in Boston, Monday, July 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Detroit Tigers' Jhonny Peralta (27) catches Boston Red Sox's Jarrod Saltalamacchia trying to steal second base in the second inning of a baseball game in Boston, Monday, July 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Boston Red Sox's Will Middlebrooks, right, celebrates his two-run home run that also drove in Adrian Gonzalez, center, as Detroit Tigers' Alex Avila, left, watches in the eighth inning of a baseball game in Boston, Monday, July 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Boston Red Sox's Dustin Pedroia, center, celebrates his two-run home run that drove in Carl Crawford, right, as Detroit Tigers' Alex Avila, left, looks to the mound in the sixth inning of a baseball game in Boston, Monday, July 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Boston Red Sox's Clay Buchholz pitches in the first inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Boston, Monday, July 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Boston Red Sox's Clay Buchholz watches from the dugout in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Boston, Monday, July 30, 2012. The Red Sox won 7-3. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Boston Red Sox players, from left, Cody Ross, Dustin Pedroia, Carl Crawford and Pedro Ciriaco celebrate after defeating the Detroit Tigers 7-3 in a baseball game in Boston, Monday, July 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Detroit Tigers' Max Scherzer pitches in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox in Boston, Monday, July 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Boston Red Sox's Pedro Ciriaco, right, is forced out at second base but Detroit Tigers' Omar Infante (4) can not turn a double play on a hit by the Red Sox's Jacoby Ellsbury in the third inning of a baseball game in Boston, Monday, July 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)