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DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers insisted they were not concerned about their worst skid of the year a few hours before playing the defending World Series champion Boston Red Sox in a rematch of the AL championship series. Manti Teo College Jersey . Detroit later showed it still has what it takes to win with strong pitching, big hits and usually sound defence. Ian Kinsler and Torii Hunter hit back-to-back homers in the fifth inning and Victor Martinez cleared the fences in the eighth, helping Detroit beat Boston 6-2 and end a season-high five-game losing streak Friday. "This was a good night for everyone," Drew Smyly said after pitching six strong innings. Detroit had lost 13 of 17 games, including the previous four, since sweeping the Red Sox on the road a few weeks ago. "Ive spoken to players a couple times over this stretch," Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said. "Theres no reason to throw a fit unless its a lack of effort or concentration. This stretch has not been caused by a lack of concentration or effort." Smyly (3-4) snapped a skid of his own. He was 0-2 in his last two starts, giving up a total of nine runs over nine innings, and was 0-3 in his previous six outings. The left-hander allowed two runs on five hits over six innings and struck out four, walking only one against the Red Sox. "He was locating his pitches and keeping us off balance," Boston centre fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. said after going 0 for 3 with three strikeouts. "He had command on both sides of the plate." Rubby De La Rosa, meanwhile, paid a steep price for letting some pitches sail too high. De La Rosa (1-1) gave up four runs, nine hits and two walks. He had five strikeouts over 5 2-3 innings. In his first start of the season, he threw seven scoreless innings against Tampa Bay last week. "I feel almost 100 per cent like last time," De La Rosa said. "I just missed more pitches." Boston has lost four straight after winning seven in a row. The Red Sox are averaging fewer than three runs during the losing streak. "Offensively, were scuffling," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. "Weve had a rough go with runners in scoring position." The Red Sox hope to end a trend this weekend. In their last seven series, they been swept four times and have won each game in the other three matchups. "We became so accustomed to being consistent," Farrell said. "The last two and a half weeks have been difficult." Kinsler and Hunter cleared the fences during a three-pitch sequence in the fifth, giving the Tigers a 4-1 lead. "They squared (De La Rosa) up when he was up in the strike zone," Farrell said. The Red Sox pulled within two runs in the sixth when Dustin Pedroia reached on Romines throwing error, advanced to third on David Ortizs single through the right side against a shifted infield and scored on Jonny Gomes sacrifice fly. Detroits Ian Krol and Joba Chamberlain each threw an inning of scoreless relief and Joe Nathan pitched the ninth in a non-save situation. NOTES: Tigers C Alex Avila is expected to miss Saturdays game after being hit in the head by Ortizs backswing in the eighth inning, and being replaced by Bryan Holaday. "Hes in a good humour, but he got stung pretty good," Ausmus said. ... Red Sox hitting coach Greg Colbrunn is expected to stay hospitalized in Cleveland for at least another week after he had bleeding in the area between his brain and the thin tissues covering it. Tim Hyers, Bostons minor league hitting co-ordinator, is filling in for Colbrunn while hes away from the team indefinitely. ... Tigers SS Eugenio Suarez was held out of the lineup to rest his sore left knee and Ausmus said he is "hour to hour," when asked for timetable on his return. ... The Tigers will send RHP Max Scherzer (6-2) to the mound against Red Sox LHP Jon Lester (6-6) on Saturday in a nationally televised game. ... Boston RHP Clay Buchholz (left knee) is scheduled to throw a simulated game Saturday in Detroit, where Mike Napoli, who is on the DL with a sprained left finger, is expected to hit against him. Cheap Notre Dame Jerseys Authentic . -- Cincinnati Reds closer Aroldis Chapman is undergoing surgery to repair a broken bone above his left eye but has no other serious injuries after being hit in the face by a line drive in a spring training game. Stitched Notre Dame Jerseys . Not Peyton Manning. Hes holding on to the heartache to stoke his competitive fire. http://www.cheapnotredamejerseys.com/ . -- Andy Dorman and Kelyn Rowe scored in the second half to lead the New England Revolution to a 2-1 victory over Sporting Kansas City in the first leg of their Eastern Conference semifinals series on Saturday night.The Eastern Conference-leading Toronto Raptors let one get away against a fellow first-place club their last time out. Their next handful of games shouldnt prove nearly as difficult. Toronto tries to bounce back tonight against the visiting Indiana Pacers, who hope to avoid their longest losing streak in five seasons. You can watch all the action on TSN1, TSN3, TSN4 and TSN5 at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt, with coverage beginning on TSN Radio 1050 Toronto at 7pm et. The Raptors (16-6) led by 14 late in the third quarter and 10 with just under 8 minutes to go in the fourth before coming undone in Tuesdays 105-101 defeat at Cleveland, their second loss to the Cavaliers in five days. Toronto, averaging 26.2 points in the fourth quarter to rank among the league leaders, was limited to a season-low 13 over the final 12 minutes. I thought our guys battled, fought and controlled the game for most of the game, but weve got to close it out, coach Dwane Casey told the teams official website. Thats where weve got to get better. We had some crucial turnovers and rebounds that we didnt get at the end of the game. Thats the name of the game. When youre playing playoff basketball and youre trying to be an elite team, youve got to be able to make those plays. Tonight we didnt. Jonas Valanciunas had 18 points and a season-high 15 rebounds for the Raptors, who had won 39 in a row when leading after three quarters. Kyle Lowry had a season-best 14 assists and no turnovers but shot 6 of 18. It was just one of those nights, you have those in the NBA, said Lowry, averaging a career-best 20.1 points. The Raptors would appear to have a good chaance to regroup over their next six games, all of which come against teams with losing records. Wholesale Notre Dame Jerseys. Toronto won two of the last three meetings against Indiana last season, with both wins coming at home behind a combined 42 points from Terrence Ross. They have weapons at every position, coach Frank Vogel told the Pacers official website. Their spread pick-and-roll attack off their bench I know is very strong. Lowry obviously is the head of the snake. Valanciunas grows every year. Ross is growing even more with (DeMar) DeRozan being out. They have tremendous firepower. Its the reason that theyre best in the East. The Pacers (7-15) have allowed an average of 104.3 points during their six-game skid. They also lost six in a row Oct. 31-Nov. 8, and havent been handed seven consecutive defeats since an eight-game slide Dec. 18-30, 2009. I think our spirits good, Vogel said. I think we understand where were at and still have a strong belief that we can have a really good season. Weve just got to keep teaching, keep grinding, keep working. Indiana couldnt keep up with the Clippers in Wednesdays 103-96 defeat. C.J. Miles had a season-high 30 points off the bench as the Pacers starting five was outscored 73-30. Indianas starters are averaging 54.0 points to rank 28th in the NBA. Somethings got to change for us to get off to better starts, Vogel said. That group is struggling. Its not clicking. David West is one of those players. The All-Star forward, who made his season debut Nov. 28 following an ankle injury, is averaging 11.6 points on 41.1 percent shooting - down from his career marks of 15.8 and 49.0. 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