Tampa Bay Rays vs. Detroit Tigers - Box Score - April 12, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Apr 12, 2012

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Detroit won 2-1

Game 1: Tuesday, April 10
Tampa Bay	2	Final
Detroit	5	Final
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Game 2: Wednesday, April 11
Tampa Bay	4	Final
Detroit	2	Final
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Game 3: Thursday, April 12
Tampa Bay	2	Final
Detroit	7	Final
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Rays 2

(4-2, 1-2 away)

Tigers 7

(5-1, 5-1 home)

Alerts

Coverage: FOX DET

1:05 PM ET, April 12, 2012

Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan

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

W: C. Balester (1-0)

L: J. Niemann (0-1)

Tampa Bay Rays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Jennings CF	3	1	0	0	1	2	22	.250	.333	.250
C Pena 1B	3	1	2	1	1	0	19	.429	.556	.905
E Longoria 3B	4	0	2	1	1	1	21	.476	.577	.762
J Keppinger DH	5	0	0	0	0	0	18	.250	.250	.400
B Zobrist RF	3	0	0	0	1	2	18	.238	.360	.381
S Rodriguez SS	4	0	0	0	0	3	16	.067	.176	.067
J Lobaton C	3	0	1	0	0	0	13	.200	.333	.300
J Molina C	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.273	.400
E Johnson 2B	3	0	1	0	1	0	19	.143	.333	.143
M Joyce LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	17	.200	.273	.450
Totals	33	2	7	2	5	9	164
BATTING 2B: E Longoria (3, D Smyly); J Molina (2, J Benoit) HR: C Pena (3, 3rd inning off D Smyly 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: C Pena (8), E Longoria (4) Rays RISP: 2-13 (B Zobrist 0-2, M Joyce 0-2, S Rodriguez 0-2, E Longoria 1-1, E Johnson 1-1, J Keppinger 0-3, D Jennings 0-2) Team LOB: 11
FIELDING Outfield Assist: M Joyce (D Young at 2nd base).

Tampa Bay Rays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Niemann (L, 0-1)	5.0	4	3	3	2	6	0	102-59	5.40
J Howell	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	11-7	0.00
W Davis	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	0	18-11	10.80
J McGee	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	14-10	10.80
J Peralta	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	0	14-10	16.20
Totals	8.0	10	7	7	2	8	0	159-97
PITCHING WP: J Peralta First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Niemann 14/21; J Howell 2/3; W Davis 2/4; J McGee 1/2; J Peralta 3/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Niemann 16-11-19-13; J Howell 4-1-0-2; W Davis 2-2-3-4; J McGee 1-1-6-2; J Peralta 2-2-2-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Niemann 5-4; J Howell 0-1; W Davis 1-1; J McGee 0-1; J Peralta 1-1 Game Scores: J Niemann 51

Detroit Tigers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Jackson CF	3	1	0	0	1	1	18	.435	.536	.739
B Boesch RF	4	0	2	4	0	0	17	.222	.222	.222
M Cabrera 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	20	.381	.481	.857
P Fielder 1B	4	1	2	0	0	1	13	.364	.423	.636
D Young LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	18	.286	.273	.286
R Santiago 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000
A Avila C	3	2	2	1	1	0	17	.389	.476	.889
J Peralta SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	18	.304	.320	.391
A Dirks DH	4	2	2	1	0	1	21	.400	.400	.600
R Raburn 2B-LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	17	.105	.150	.105
Totals	33	7	10	6	2	8	159
BATTING 3B: A Dirks (1, J Niemann); A Avila (1, J Peralta) RBI: A Dirks (2), B Boesch 4 (5), A Avila (6) 2-out RBI: B Boesch 4 Tigers RISP: 3-7 (A Jackson 0-1, A Dirks 1-1, R Raburn 0-2, B Boesch 2-2, J Peralta 0-1) Team LOB: 4
BASERUNNING SB: A Avila (1, 2nd base off J Niemann/J Lobaton); A Jackson (1, 2nd base off J Niemann/J Lobaton)
FIELDING DP: 1 (J Peralta-R Raburn).

Detroit Tigers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Smyly	4.0	4	1	1	3	4	1	90-49	2.25
C Balester (W, 1-0)	2.0	0	1	1	2	2	0	39-18	3.86
B Villarreal (H, 1)	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5-3	0.00
P Coke (H, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4-3	3.38
J Benoit (H, 1)	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	15-12	4.91
J Valverde	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11-9	4.91
Totals	9.0	7	2	2	5	9	1	164-94
PITCHING D Smyly pitched to 1 batter in the 5th; C Balester pitched to 2 batters in the 7th IBB: B Zobrist (By C Balester) HBP: C Pena (By D Smyly); D Jennings (By C Balester) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: D Smyly 11/20; C Balester 2/9; B Villarreal 1/2; P Coke 0/1; J Benoit 3/5; J Valverde 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: D Smyly 13-10-14-12; C Balester 8-3-3-4; B Villarreal 1-0-0-2; P Coke 0-2-1-0; J Benoit 2-5-2-3; J Valverde 2-1-3-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Smyly 2-6; C Balester 3-1; B Villarreal 0-1; P Coke 0-0; J Benoit 1-0; J Valverde 2-1 Game Scores: D Smyly 51

Scoring Summary

			TB	DET
	3rd	C Pena homered to right (346 feet).	1	0
	5th	A Dirks tripled to deep right, A Avila scored.	1	1
	5th	B Boesch singled to left, A Dirks and A Jackson scored.	1	3
	7th	E Longoria singled to left, D Jennings scored, C Pena to second.	2	3
	7th	B Boesch singled to center, J Peralta and A Dirks scored.	2	5
	8th	A Avila tripled to deep right, P Fielder scored.	2	6
	8th	A Avila scored on J Peralta's wild pitch.	2	7
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Game Information

Stadium	Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
Attendance	30,288 (73.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:23
Weather	54 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	7 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Mark Carlson, First Base - Ed Hickox, Second Base - Ed Rapuano, Third Base - Cory Blaser