Boston Red Sox vs. Detroit Tigers - Box Score - April 08, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Apr 8, 2012

Final in 11

Series: Game 3 of 3

Detroit won 3-0

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 12

(0-3, 0-3 away)

Tigers 13

(3-0, 3-0 home)

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Coverage: FOX DET

1:05 PM ET, April 8, 2012

Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
BOS	0	2	5	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	12	18	0
DET	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	13	17	0

W: D. Below (2-0)

L: M. Melancon (0-2)

Boston Red Sox
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
N Punto 3B	6	0	3	3	0	0	25	.500	.429	.667
J Ellsbury CF	6	1	2	1	1	2	34	.154	.214	.231
D Pedroia 2B	6	0	2	1	1	1	24	.231	.333	.308
A Gonzalez 1B	6	2	2	2	0	1	24	.385	.467	.615
D Ortiz DH	6	2	3	1	0	2	25	.417	.385	.583
D McDonald LF	5	2	1	0	1	2	21	.167	.286	.167
R Sweeney RF	4	1	1	0	0	0	12	.455	.500	.636
a-C Ross PH-RF	1	1	1	0	1	0	10	.111	.200	.111
M Aviles SS	5	2	3	3	0	0	14	.273	.273	.364
K Shoppach C	3	1	0	0	0	2	14	.250	.500	.250
b-J Saltalamacchia PH-C	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.143	.143	.286
Totals	49	12	18	11	4	11	206
a-singled to shallow right for R Sweeney in the 9th b-struck out swinging for K Shoppach in the 11th
BATTING 2B: M Aviles (1, M Scherzer); D Ortiz (2, M Scherzer); J Ellsbury (1, C Balester); N Punto (1, D Schlereth) HR: A Gonzalez (1, 6th inning off D Schlereth 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: M Aviles 3 (3), D Ortiz (2), N Punto 3 (3), J Ellsbury (1), A Gonzalez 2 (2), D Pedroia (1) S: M Aviles SF: N Punto 2-out RBI: J Ellsbury, N Punto, D Pedroia Red Sox RISP: 8-21 (M Aviles 2-2, D Ortiz 0-1, D Pedroia 1-4, K Shoppach 0-1, D McDonald 0-1, J Ellsbury 1-4, J Saltalamacchia 0-1, R Sweeney 1-2, A Gonzalez 1-2, N Punto 2-3) Team LOB: 13
BASERUNNING SB: D Pedroia (1, 2nd base off D Below/A Avila)
FIELDING DP: 1 (N Punto-D Pedroia-A Gonzalez).

Boston Red Sox
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
C Buchholz	4.0	8	7	7	2	2	0	78-50	15.75
V Padilla	4.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	51-36	2.08
A Aceves (B, 1)	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	1	7-5	---
F Morales	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	29-19	0.00
M Melancon (L, 0-2; B, 1)	0.2	3	3	3	0	0	1	20-15	36.00
Totals	10.2	17	13	13	2	9	2	185-125
PITCHING A Aceves pitched to 3 batters in the 9th WP: F Morales; M Melancon HBP: R Raburn (By C Buchholz) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: C Buchholz 13/22; V Padilla 7/14; A Aceves 3/3; F Morales 3/7; M Melancon 4/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: C Buchholz 10-7-16-17; V Padilla 10-3-13-10; A Aceves 2-0-0-3; F Morales 6-2-7-4; M Melancon 3-2-5-5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Buchholz 5-5; V Padilla 5-3; A Aceves 0-0; F Morales 1-2; M Melancon 1-1 Game Scores: C Buchholz 18

Detroit Tigers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Jackson CF	6	3	4	0	0	2	27	.571	.625	.857
B Boesch RF	6	1	2	1	0	2	23	.133	.133	.133
M Cabrera 3B	5	3	3	5	0	0	17	.455	.533	1.273
P Fielder 1B	6	2	2	0	0	1	22	.417	.429	.917
D Young DH	5	0	1	1	0	1	20	.231	.214	.231
A Avila C	4	2	1	2	2	0	28	.417	.500	1.000
J Peralta SS	5	0	1	3	0	2	24	.417	.462	.583
A Dirks LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	9	.375	.375	.375
a-D Worth PH-2B	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1.000	1.000	1.000
R Raburn 2B-LF	4	2	1	0	0	1	13	.167	.231	.167
Totals	46	13	17	12	2	9	185
a-singled to left for A Dirks in the 10th
BATTING 2B: A Jackson (2, C Buchholz); J Peralta (2, C Buchholz) HR: M Cabrera (3, 9th inning off A Aceves 2 on, 0 Out); A Avila (2, 11th inning off M Melancon 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: M Cabrera 5 (8), J Peralta 3 (3), B Boesch (1), D Young (1), A Avila 2 (5) SF: M Cabrera, D Young 2-out RBI: J Peralta 3, A Avila 2 GIDP: M Cabrera Tigers RISP: 4-10 (A Jackson 0-1, A Dirks 0-1, B Boesch 1-3, M Cabrera 2-3, D Young 0-1, J Peralta 1-1) Team LOB: 6

Detroit Tigers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
M Scherzer	2.2	8	7	7	2	3	0	80-51	23.63
C Balester	2.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	29-17	3.38
D Schlereth	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	20-17	4.50
B Villarreal	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3-3	0.00
P Coke	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	11-6	6.75
O Dotel	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	10-7	0.00
J Benoit	1.2	3	2	2	2	3	0	44-25	6.75
D Below (W, 2-0)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	9-6	0.00
Totals	11.0	18	12	12	4	11	1	206-132
PITCHING WP: P Coke HBP: K Shoppach 2 (By M Scherzer 2); A Gonzalez (By P Coke) Balk: M Scherzer First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: M Scherzer 16/20; C Balester 6/10; D Schlereth 7/8; B Villarreal 1/1; P Coke 2/5; O Dotel 2/3; J Benoit 4/10; D Below 0/1 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: M Scherzer 16-7-16-12; C Balester 5-0-2-10; D Schlereth 2-3-6-6; B Villarreal 0-1-1-1; P Coke 0-3-0-3; O Dotel 1-3-1-2; J Benoit 5-7-8-5; D Below 1-1-4-0 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: M Scherzer 0-5; C Balester 4-4; D Schlereth 3-1; B Villarreal 1-0; P Coke 1-0; O Dotel 1-0; J Benoit 0-2; D Below 0-0 Game Scores: M Scherzer 15

Scoring Summary

			BOS	DET
	1st	M Cabrera singled to right, A Jackson scored.	0	1
	1st	J Peralta doubled to deep center, M Cabrera, P Fielder and A Avila scored.	0	4
	2nd	M Aviles doubled to deep right center, D Ortiz and D McDonald scored.	2	4
	2nd	M Cabrera hit sacrifice fly to center, R Raburn scored.	2	5
	3rd	D Ortiz doubled to deep center, A Gonzalez scored.	3	5
	3rd	M Aviles singled to left, D Ortiz scored, R Sweeney to second.	4	5
	3rd	N Punto hit sacrifice fly to center, R Sweeney scored, M Aviles to third, K Shoppach to second.	5	5
	3rd	M Aviles scored, K Shoppach to third on balk by M Scherzer.	6	5
	3rd	J Ellsbury singled to left, K Shoppach scored.	7	5
	4th	B Boesch singled to right, R Raburn scored, A Jackson to third.	7	6
	4th	M Cabrera grounded into double play, third to second to first, A Jackson scored, B Boesch out at second.	7	7
	6th	A Gonzalez homered to right center (409 feet), J Ellsbury scored.	9	7
	9th	N Punto reached on infield single to shortstop, D McDonald scored, C Ross to third.	10	7
	9th	M Cabrera homered to left (393 feet), A Jackson and B Boesch scored.	10	10
	11th	N Punto singled to left center, C Ross scored, M Aviles to third.	11	10
	11th	D Pedroia singled to left, M Aviles scored, N Punto to third.	12	10
	11th	D Young hit sacrifice fly to center, M Cabrera scored.	12	11
	11th	A Avila homered to right (361 feet), P Fielder scored.	12	13
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Game Information

Stadium	Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
Attendance	30,788 (74.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	4:45
Weather	58 degrees, sunny
Wind	15 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Dan Iassogna, First Base - CB Bucknor, Second Base - Dale Scott, Third Base - Bill Miller