Boston Red Sox vs. Detroit Tigers - Box Score - April 05, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Apr 5, 2012

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Detroit leads 1-0 (as of 4/5)

Game 1: Thursday, April 5
Boston	2	Final
Detroit	3	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, April 7
Boston	0	Final
Detroit	10	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, April 8
Boston	12	Final in 11
Detroit	13	Final in 11
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Red Sox 2

(0-1, 0-1 away)

Tigers 3

(1-0, 1-0 home)

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Coverage: ESPN2/WatchESPN

1:00 PM ET, April 5, 2012

Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	0
DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	10	1

W: J. Valverde (1-0)

L: M. Melancon (0-1)

Boston Red Sox
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Ellsbury CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000
D Pedroia 2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	14	.250	.250	.500
A Gonzalez 1B	3	0	1	0	1	1	14	.333	.500	.333
D McDonald PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
N Punto 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
D Ortiz DH	3	0	1	1	0	1	14	.333	.250	.667
K Youkilis 3B-1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	19	.000	.000	.000
R Sweeney RF	4	0	2	1	0	1	19	.500	.500	1.000
C Ross LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	11	.000	.000	.000
J Saltalamacchia C	3	0	0	0	0	1	11	.000	.000	.000
M Aviles SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	14	.000	.000	.000
Totals	32	2	5	2	1	8	127
BATTING 2B: D Ortiz (1, J Verlander); D Pedroia (1, J Valverde) 3B: R Sweeney (1, J Valverde) RBI: D Ortiz (1), R Sweeney (1) SF: D Ortiz 2-out RBI: R Sweeney Red Sox RISP: 2-7 (C Ross 0-2, D Ortiz 0-1, K Youkilis 0-1, R Sweeney 1-2, A Gonzalez 1-1) Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING SB: D McDonald (1, 2nd base off J Valverde/A Avila)
FIELDING DP: 3 (K Youkilis-D Pedroia-A Gonzalez, M Aviles-D Pedroia-A Gonzalez, M Aviles-A Gonzalez).

Boston Red Sox
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Lester	7.0	6	1	1	3	4	0	107-63	1.29
V Padilla	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	9-4	27.00
F Morales	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6-5	0.00
M Melancon (L, 0-1)	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	10-8	27.00
A Aceves	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7-3	---
Totals	8.1	10	3	3	4	4	0	139-83
PITCHING A Aceves pitched to 2 batters in the 9th IBB: M Cabrera (By V Padilla) HBP: R Santiago (By A Aceves) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Lester 21/27; V Padilla 2/3; F Morales 2/2; M Melancon 2/3; A Aceves 2/2 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Lester 20-13-11-19; V Padilla 2-0-0-2; F Morales 1-1-1-2; M Melancon 1-1-3-3; A Aceves 1-0-1-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Lester 7-10; V Padilla 1-0; F Morales 0-2; M Melancon 0-1; A Aceves 0-0 Game Scores: J Lester 62

Detroit Tigers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Jackson CF	5	1	3	1	0	0	21	.600	.600	1.000
B Boesch RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000
D Kelly RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
M Cabrera 3B	1	0	0	0	3	0	17	.000	.750	.000
P Fielder 1B	3	0	1	1	0	1	19	.333	.250	.333
D Young LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	10	.000	.000	.000
C Thomas LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
R Raburn DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	12	.250	.250	.250
J Peralta SS	3	1	3	0	1	0	13	1.000	1.000	1.333
D Worth PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
A Avila C	4	0	2	1	0	1	23	.500	.500	.750
R Santiago 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	18	.000	.250	.000
Totals	31	3	10	3	4	4	139
BATTING 2B: J Peralta (1, J Lester); A Avila (1, J Lester) 3B: A Jackson (1, V Padilla) RBI: A Avila (1), P Fielder (1), A Jackson (1) SF: P Fielder 2-out RBI: A Avila GIDP: B Boesch, D Young, P Fielder Tigers RISP: 2-8 (A Avila 1-2, A Jackson 1-2, R Santiago 0-2, B Boesch 0-1, D Young 0-1) Team LOB: 9
FIELDING E: M Cabrera (1, ground ball)

Detroit Tigers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Verlander	8.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	105-66	0.00
J Valverde (W, 1-0; B, 1)	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	22-16	18.00
Totals	9.0	5	2	2	1	8	0	127-82
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Verlander 18/28; J Valverde 5/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Verlander 24-6-18-18; J Valverde 2-2-7-5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Verlander 6-11; J Valverde 0-2 Game Scores: J Verlander 84

Scoring Summary

			BOS	DET
	7th	A Avila doubled to deep left, J Peralta scored.	0	1
	8th	P Fielder hit sacrifice fly to center, A Jackson scored, M Cabrera to second.	0	2
	9th	D Ortiz hit sacrifice fly to center, D Pedroia scored.	1	2
	9th	R Sweeney tripled to deep right, D McDonald scored.	2	2
	9th	A Jackson singled to left, D Worth scored, A Avila to third, R Santiago to second.	2	3
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Game Information

Stadium	Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
Attendance	45,027 (109.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:07
Weather	43 degrees, cloudy
Wind	15 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Dale Scott, First Base - Bill Miller, Second Base - Dan Iassogna, Third Base - CB Bucknor