Tigers scuffle vs. Porcello on rough night for Fulmer

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DETROIT — Rick Porcello returned to Comerica Park and quieted his old team, holding down the Tigers for seven innings as the Red Sox roughed up rookie Michael Fulmer for a 10-2 win Friday night.

A year and a half after Detroit traded Porcello to Boston for Yoenis Cespedes, Porcello (17-3) made his first outing at Comerica Park since the trade and outpitched the rookie hurler the Tigers acquired when they traded Cespedes to the Mets last summer. The Tigers’ former first-round Draft pick racked up eight strikeouts, one shy of his season high, while allowing just four hits.

J.D. Martinez accounted for half of those hits, including a two-run homer in the second inning for Detroit’s only scoring. By then, however, the Red Sox …

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