| April 5, 2012: I know going into this season that 2012 was not a good year for the Red Sox. Then while playing this game the Sox put together a few good innings, leading 7-0 and 13-3 after their half of the 4th and 5th innings, respectively. I thought "maybe it won't be that bad". Then I notice that Jon Lester can't seem to get outs in the 5th inning, and suddenly it's 13-8. That's ok, Franklin Morales gets a double play to end the inning after taking over for Lester. Morales lasts until the 7th, when he gives way to Vicente Padilla after giving up a leadoff single to Prince Fielder. Padilla allows a Delmon Young single and a Ryan Raburn double, and now the tying run is on deck. I go back to the bullpen for Matt Albers, and he gives up a 3-run homer to Jhonny Peralta, and suddenly it's a one run game. That lasted until the 8th, when Albers gave up a leadoff homer to Miguel Cabrera. Now the game is tied. Scott Atchison takes over, and gets to the 9th but leaves runners on 1st and 2nd and one out for Mark Melancon, who uncorks a wild pitch to move the runners up, gets a ground out from Cabrera, but then gives up a walk-off single to Fielder to complete the improbable comeback for the Tigers. Maybe it's not going to be such a good year after all. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2012 Boston Red Sox At 2012 Detroit Tigers 4/5/2012
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG
J.Ellsbury CF 6 3 2 0 .333 A.Jackson CF 4 1 2 0 .500
D.Pedroia 2B 5 2 2 3 .400 B.Boesch RF 6 1 1 0 .167
A.Gonzalez 1B 5 1 3 2 .600 M.Cabrera 3B 5 3 3 1 .600
A-D.McDonald PR 0 0 0 0 ---- P.Fielder 1B 5 3 3 2 .600
B-N.Punto 3B 1 0 1 01.000 D.Young LF 5 2 2 4 .400
D.Ortiz DH 5 3 2 4 .400 R.Raburn DH 5 2 3 1 .600
K.Youkilis 3B,1B 5 1 2 1 .400 J.Peralta SS 5 1 3 4 .600
R.Sweeney RF 3 1 1 1 .333 A.Avila C 5 0 0 0 .000
C.Ross LF 4 0 1 1 .250 R.Santiago 2B 3 0 0 0 .000
J.Saltalamacchia C 4 0 2 1 .500 C-A.Dirks PH 0 0 0 0 ----
M.Aviles SS 5 2 2 0 .400 D-D.Kelly 2B 0 1 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 43 13 18 13 Totals 43 14 17 12
A-Pinch Ran For Gonzalez In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For McDonald In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Santiago In 7th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Dirks In 8th Inning
Red Sox......... 0 0 3 4 6 0 0 0 0 - 13 18 2
Tigers.......... 0 0 0 3 5 0 4 1 1 - 14 17 0
Red Sox (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Lester 4 1/3 8 8 6 2 2 1 90 12.46
F.Morales 1 2/3 1 1 1 1 3 0 22 5.40
V.Padilla 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 8 ----
M.Albers BS(1st) 1 2 2 2 1 0 2 22 18.00
S.Atchison LOSS(0-1) 1 1/3 3 1 1 1 0 0 25 6.75
M.Melancon 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.00
Totals 8 2/3 17 14 12 5 5 3
Tigers (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Verlander 3 1/3 8 7 7 4 5 2 89 18.90
D.Below 0 2/3 2 2 2 1 2 0 17 27.00
J.Benoit 0 2/3 2 2 2 0 1 0 13 27.00
O.Dotel 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 9 ----
P.Coke 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 34 0.00
C.Balester WIN(1-0) 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 0.00
Totals 9 18 13 13 5 11 2
ATTENDANCE- 24,361 DATE- Thursday, April 5th 2012 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Gerry Davis, Phil Cuzzi, Bruce Dreckman, Greg Gibson
T- 3:16
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 9 Tigers: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1 Tigers: 0
ERRORS- R.Sweeney, M.Aviles
DOUBLES- J.Ellsbury-2(2nd), A.Gonzalez-2(2nd), D.Ortiz(1st), K.Youkilis(1st),
J.Saltalamacchia(1st), R.Raburn-2(2nd)
TRIPLES- N.Punto(1st)
HOME RUNS- D.Pedroia(1st), D.Ortiz(1st), M.Cabrera(1st), D.Young(1st),
J.Peralta(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Ross
WALKS- D.Pedroia, D.Ortiz, R.Sweeney-2, J.Saltalamacchia, A.Jackson-2,
M.Cabrera, A.Dirks, D.Kelly
HIT BY PITCH- P.Fielder
STRIKE OUTS- J.Ellsbury, A.Gonzalez-2, D.Ortiz-2, K.Youkilis-2, C.Ross-3,
J.Saltalamacchia, B.Boesch, M.Cabrera, D.Young, J.Peralta,
R.Santiago
GIDP- A.Avila
BALKS- F.Morales
WILD PITCHES- S.Atchison, M.Melancon
2-out RBI- D.Ortiz-2, K.Youkilis, R.Sweeney, J.Saltalamacchia, P.Fielder
RLISP 2-out- K.Youkilis, J.Saltalamacchia, R.Santiago, M.Cabrera, R.Sweeney,
A.Avila-3, D.Ortiz
WEB GEMS- Bot 1st: Ryan Sweeney robbed Prince Fielder of an extra base hit.
Detroit Tigers broke the deadlock in their last at bats, pulling out a 14 to
13 win over the Boston Red Sox and sending their hometown fans home
smiling.
Detroit scored the deciding run in the 9th inning. Don Kelly drew a walk.
Austin Jackson stepped up next and he banged out a single. After an out was
recorded, Mark Melancon stepped up to the plate and he threw a wild pitch.
One out later, Prince Fielder came up and he hit a single giving Detroit the
win as 24,361 happy fans joyfully celebrated. Detroit had a total of 17 hits
for the game.
Collin Balester(1-0) went 1 and 1/3 innings allowing no runs for the victory.
Scott Atchison(0-1) was hit with the loss in relief. He pitched 1 and 1/3
innings and surrendered 3 hits and 1 walk.
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