Toronto Blue Jays vs. Detroit Tigers - Box Score - August 21, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 21, 2012

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Detroit leads 1-0 (as of 8/21)

Game 1: Tuesday, August 21
Toronto	3	Final
Detroit	5	Final
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Game 2: Wednesday, August 22
Toronto	2	Final
Detroit	3	Final
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Game 3: Thursday, August 23
Toronto	2	Final in 11
Detroit	3	Final in 11
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Blue Jays 3

(56-66, 25-36 away)

Tigers 5

(65-57, 35-25 home)

Alerts

Coverage: FOX DET

7:05 PM ET, August 21, 2012

Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan

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

W: M. Scherzer (13-6)

L: R. Romero (8-11)

S: J. Valverde (24)

Toronto Blue Jays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
R Davis LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	15	.256	.311	.400
C Rasmus CF	4	0	0	0	1	1	19	.237	.299	.438
E Encarnacion DH	5	2	2	1	0	2	16	.291	.386	.565
D Cooper 1B	4	1	3	1	0	1	24	.297	.322	.464
Y Escobar SS	4	0	1	1	0	0	14	.246	.293	.326
K Johnson 2B	3	0	1	0	0	2	17	.229	.316	.377
a-M Sierra PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	.333	.362	.489
M McCoy PR-2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.269	.333
O Vizquel 3B	3	0	0	0	1	1	17	.210	.248	.235
J Mathis C	4	0	1	0	0	0	17	.220	.251	.415
A Gose RF	4	0	0	0	0	3	19	.192	.267	.256
Totals	36	3	10	3	2	10	161
a-singled to center for K Johnson in the 8th
BATTING 2B: D Cooper 2 (11, M Scherzer, O Dotel); J Mathis (10, J Valverde) HR: E Encarnacion (32, 6th inning off M Scherzer 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: E Encarnacion (83), D Cooper (11), Y Escobar (39) 2-out RBI: D Cooper, Y Escobar GIDP: Y Escobar Blue Jays RISP: 1-8 (Y Escobar 1-2, E Encarnacion 0-1, A Gose 0-1, J Mathis 0-1, K Johnson 0-1, C Rasmus 0-1, O Vizquel 0-1) Team LOB: 9
FIELDING E: O Vizquel (3, throw); R Davis (8, bobble) DP: 2 (Y Escobar-K Johnson-D Cooper, K Johnson-Y Escobar-D Cooper).

Toronto Blue Jays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
R Romero (L, 8-11)	5.1	7	5	5	8	0	0	101-54	5.63
B Lincoln	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	17-11	6.17
A Loup	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8-5	2.37
B Lyon	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7-5	1.38
Totals	8.0	8	5	5	9	0	0	133-75
PITCHING B Lincoln pitched to 1 batter in the 7th First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: R Romero 17/29; B Lincoln 2/4; A Loup 1/3; B Lyon 3/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: R Romero 12-3-18-21; B Lincoln 1-2-6-2; A Loup 1-0-1-3; B Lyon 1-1-0-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Romero 12-4; B Lincoln 0-2; A Loup 2-1; B Lyon 2-1 Game Scores: R Romero 26

Detroit Tigers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Jackson CF	5	1	3	0	0	0	15	.313	.395	.508
O Infante 2B	4	0	1	2	1	0	14	.287	.303	.468
M Cabrera 3B	4	0	0	1	0	0	13	.328	.393	.585
P Fielder 1B	2	0	1	0	2	0	16	.310	.406	.518
J Peralta SS	3	0	0	0	1	0	19	.259	.325	.415
D Young DH	3	0	2	1	1	0	13	.268	.301	.405
J Baker RF	2	0	0	0	1	0	11	.167	.211	.278
Q Berry LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.274	.354	.376
A Dirks LF-RF	3	2	1	0	1	0	12	.332	.388	.508
G Laird C	2	2	0	0	2	0	19	.283	.348	.394
Totals	28	5	8	4	9	0	133
BATTING 2B: A Jackson (22, R Romero); P Fielder (24, R Romero) RBI: D Young (50), O Infante 2 (13), M Cabrera (105) S: Q Berry SF: M Cabrera 2-out RBI: D Young GIDP: M Cabrera, J Baker Tigers RISP: 2-14 (O Infante 1-3, J Baker 0-1, A Jackson 1-2, P Fielder 0-1, A Dirks 0-1, M Cabrera 0-2, G Laird 0-1, D Young 0-1, J Peralta 0-2) Team LOB: 10
FIELDING DP: 1 (J Peralta-O Infante-P Fielder).

Detroit Tigers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
M Scherzer (W, 13-6)	7.0	5	1	1	2	8	1	112-68	4.27
O Dotel	0.2	3	2	2	0	1	0	24-17	3.32
P Coke	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3-2	3.78
J Benoit (H, 24)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	3.31
J Valverde (S, 24)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	21-12	3.55
Totals	9.0	10	3	3	2	10	1	161-100
PITCHING P Coke pitched to 1 batter in the 8th HBP: R Davis (By J Valverde) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: M Scherzer 13/27; O Dotel 4/5; P Coke 1/1; J Benoit 1/1; J Valverde 2/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: M Scherzer 22-16-13-17; O Dotel 4-1-8-4; P Coke 1-0-0-1; J Benoit 0-0-0-1; J Valverde 2-3-4-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: M Scherzer 5-8; O Dotel 1-0; P Coke 0-0; J Benoit 0-1; J Valverde 0-2 Game Scores: M Scherzer 69

Scoring Summary

			TOR	DET
	1st	D Young walked, A Jackson scored, P Fielder to third, J Peralta to second.	0	1
	2nd	O Infante walked, A Dirks scored, G Laird to third, A Jackson to second.	0	2
	2nd	M Cabrera grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, G Laird scored, O Infante out at second, A Jackson to third.	0	3
	6th	E Encarnacion homered to left (362 feet).	1	3
	6th	O Infante singles on a ground ball to first, A Dirks scored, G Laird to third, A Jackson to second.	1	4
	6th	M Cabrera hit sacrifice fly to center, G Laird scored.	1	5
	8th	D Cooper doubled to deep center, E Encarnacion scored.	2	5
	8th	Y Escobar singled to deep right, D Cooper scored.	3	5
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Game Information

Stadium	Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
Attendance	39,499 (95.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:56
Weather	68 degrees, cloudy
Wind	8 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Chad Fairchild, First Base - Tom Hallion, Second Base - Alfonso Marquez, Third Base - Brian O'Nora