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Enmanuel Valdez homered twice for his first career multihomer game and drove in three runs to power the Boston Red Sox past the Detroit Tigers 6-3 on Saturday.

The Red Sox improved to 32-9 — and 17-5 in the past two years — wearing their City Connect uniforms with bright yellow jerseys and powder blue lettering, numbers and hats since they were introduced in 2021.

Boston center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela made spectacular full-length diving catch on Wenceel Pérez’s shot in the right-center gap in the sixth and turned it into an inning-ending double play by throwing to second to double up Matt Vierling.

“I feel you can kind of see the reaction by all the guys in the dugout, tipping their caps and stuff,” said winning pitcher Cooper Criswell, when asked about players’ response to the catch. “It’s special. Not too many guys out there are making that play.”

Gio Urshela hit a two-run homer over the Green Monster for Detroit, which lost for the 12th time in its last 14 games against Boston.

“It was a big play. I don’t know if it was a turning point,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said of Rafaela’s catch. “The ball looked down from every angle except for him. He makes a great play and double off. … That was a big shift.”

Shortstop Javier Báez made a highlight play for the Tigers in the eighth, diving to snag Reese McGuire’s grounder before throwing to first.

Valdez’s big game came a day after Rafaela also homered twice for his first career multihomer game in Boston’s 7-3 victory.

Scoring single runs in the second, third and fourth, the Red Sox pulled to a 3-1 edge after Riley Greene’s RBI single gave the Tigers the lead two batters into the game.

Valdez sent a fastball from Reese Olson (1-6) into Boston’s bullpen, tying it in the second. He hooked a two-run shot that sneaked inside the Pesky Pole, making it 5-1 in the sixth.