The Boston Red Sox clinched the No. 5 seed in the American League postseason with a 4-3 win over the visiting Detroit Tigers in Sunday afternoon's regular-season finale.

Masataka Yoshida and David Hamilton both homered, Ceddanne Rafaela went 2-for-3, and Jarren Duran had the game-winning RBI to lead Boston (89-73) past Detroit, which will be the No. 6 seed in the AL field after a late-season collapse.

Both teams scored three runs in the fourth inning, as the Red Sox responded to Javier Baez's go-ahead, three-run home run with three runs on three straight hits during the bottom half.

The big inning helped make a winner out of Jose De Leon (1-0), who struck out eight and allowed just the three runs in a quality start of 6 2/3 innings. He was recalled from Triple-A Worcester before the gam

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