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BOSTON -- Drew Pomeranz felt a lot more comfortable in his second start for the Red Sox. It just wasnt enough for him to earn his first victory in a Boston uniform.Jose Iglesias hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning, Justin Verlander pitched six solid innings and the Detroit Tigers beat the Red Sox 4-2 on Monday night to spoil Pomeranzs second start at Fenway.Pomeranz (8-8), recently acquired from the San Diego Padres, gave up four hits and struck out seven in six innings. Both of the runs he allowed came via Iglesias homer.I had a good curveball tonight. I was locating my fastball a lot better, Pomeranz said. I was in a lot better counts all night. I really made one bad pitch.Boston failed to homer Monday, ending a streak of 15 straight games with at least one. The Red Sox have lost three of their last four and fell to 11-12 this season against AL Central teams.Theyve also now gone 21-21 this season in games decided by two or fewer runs.Victor Martinez and James McCann also drove in runs for the Tigers. Detroit pulled within 5 1/2 games of idle AL Central-leading Cleveland.Verlander (10-6) allowed one run and five hits and struck out five to pick up the victory. He is 3-0 in his last five starts.Francisco Rodriguez earned his 28th save.Pomeranz entered Mondays start looking to bounce back from his dismal Boston debut last week against San Francisco, in which he gave up five runs in just three innings.He was cruising through five innings Monday, allowing just two hits. That changed in the sixth when Iglesias crushed Pomeranzs fastball high over the Green Monster in left for a two-run homer to put the Tigers up 2-1.Iglesias scored his second run of the game in the eighth, trotting across home plate on Martinezs single off reliever Clay Buchholz to make it 4-1.Boston loaded the bases on three straight singles off Justin Wilson to begin its half of the eighth. A single by Sandy Leon pulled the Red Sox within 4-2, but Wilson settled down to get an out and Rodriguez came on to help end the rally.We just didnt cash in on the opportunities we created tonight, manager John Farrell said.Bostons hitters had several long at-bats against Verlander, pushing his pitch count above 40 through just two innings. In the second, Travis Shaw lined a double into the right-field corner, scoring Jackie Bradley Jr.Despite the loss, Pomeranz said he feels good about how hes progressed over his first two starts since the trade.It was nice to get back in that five-day routine and get on a schedule somewhere and kind of fall back into what Ive been doing all year, he said. Just kind of learning how to approach it in a different league and the scouting reports and everything. I think we settled with them pretty good in between starts.TRAINERS ROOMRed Sox: CF Mookie Betts returned to the lineup Monday after missing a pair of games with right knee soreness. ... Manager John Farrell said RHP Craig Kimbrel (left knee surgery) is progressing well and looked good in a short bullpen session. He could make a rehab start as soon as this weekend.UP NEXTTigers: RHP Mike Pelfrey (3-9, 4.78 ERA) is coming off a victory at Chicago last week, in which he allowed the White Sox just one run in 5 1/3 innings. 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NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Alex Copeland scored 17 points and Blake Reynolds made four 3-pointers in scoring 16 and Yale defeated Delaware 81-63 on Sunday.The victory extended the Bulldogs winning streak to three games and gave them 17 straight home victories, dating to the 2014-15 season.The Blue Hens (5-4) came in with the Colonial Athletic Associations top-ranked scoring defense (61.9) and the nations fourth-ranked 3-point percentage defense (25.3), but Yale (5-4) easily eclipsed those figures with its highest point total in its last seven gamess and making 13 of 28 3-point attempts for 46.dddddddddddd4 percent.Anthony Dallier added 13 points and Jordan Bruner 12 for Yale.Ryan Daly, with five 3-pointers, scored 20 points, Chivarsky Corbett added 10 and Eric Carter 10 rebounds with nine points for Delaware, which had a two-game win streak end.Yale led 41-36 at halftime. Copelands 3-point play with 10:23 to play put Yale in double figures for good, 57-47. ' ' '