Trevor Cahill went 6 innings for the win, his first win of the Series but his 4th of the playoffs. David Hernandez struck out 3 in 2 scoreless innings, and JJ Putz earned the save. Pinch hitter Delmon Young ended the game with a ground out with a runner on 1st.
Aaron Hill earns the World Series MVP. He didn't hit a 3-run homer in Game 7 like McDonald, but he did win game 2 with a walk-off 3-run homer and hit .370 for the Series.
BOXSCORE: 2012 Detroit Tigers At 2012 Arizona Diamondbacks 11/1/2012
Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Diamondbacks AB R H RBI AVG
A.Jackson CF 4 1 1 0 .260 A.Eaton CF 3 0 0 0 .299
Q.Berry LF 4 1 1 1 .294 C-C.Young CF 0 0 0 0 .125
H-D.Young PH 1 0 0 0 .214 A.Hill 2B 4 0 1 0 .310
M.Cabrera 3B 4 0 1 1 .359 J.Kubel LF 4 0 1 0 .186
P.Fielder 1B 3 0 1 0 .227 D-G.Parra LF 0 0 0 0 .176
A.Dirks RF 4 0 1 0 .350 P.Goldschmidt 1B 2 0 1 0 .351
J.Peralta SS 3 0 0 0 .210 J.Upton RF 4 0 0 0 .288
A.Avila C 4 0 0 0 .171 M.Montero C 4 1 1 0 .383
O.Infante 2B 3 0 0 0 .261 C.Johnson 3B 4 1 3 0 .328
F-R.Santiago PH 1 0 0 0 .000 E-W.Bloomquist 3B 0 0 0 0 .000
M.Scherzer P 1 0 0 0 .000 J.McDonald SS 4 1 1 3 .178
A-A.Garcia PH 1 0 0 0 .438 T.Cahill P 3 0 1 0 .273
P.Coke P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 .000
G-B.Boesch PH 1 0 1 0 .500 B-C.Ransom PH 1 0 0 0 .143
J.Putz P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 34 2 6 2 Totals 33 3 9 3
A-Pinch Hit For Scherzer In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hernandez In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Eaton In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Kubel In 9th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Johnson In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Infante In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Coke In 9th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Berry In 9th Inning
Tigers.......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 0
Diamondbacks.... 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 1
Tigers (10-7) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
M.Scherzer LOSS(0-2) 5 7 3 3 2 7 1 83 2.83
P.Coke 3 2 0 0 1 4 0 39 2.35
Totals 8 9 3 3 3 11 1
Diamondbacks (11-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
T.Cahill WIN(4-0) 6 5 2 2 3 6 0 95 3.69
D.Hernandez HOLD(4th) 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 26 0.00
J.Putz SAVE(6th) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 3.48
Totals 9 6 2 2 3 10 0
ATTENDANCE- 44,000 DATE- Thursday, November 1st 2012 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Dale Scott, Bill Miller, Dan Iassogna, C.B. Bucknor
T- 2:58
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 9 Diamondbacks: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0 Diamondbacks: 0
ERRORS- T.Cahill
DOUBLES- M.Cabrera(3rd), A.Hill(4th), P.Goldschmidt(5th)
TRIPLES- Q.Berry(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.McDonald(3rd)
RBIs- Q.Berry(3rd), M.Cabrera(17th), J.McDonald-3(11th)
WALKS- A.Jackson, J.Peralta, M.Scherzer, A.Eaton, P.Goldschmidt-2
HIT BY PITCH- P.Fielder
STRIKE OUTS- A.Jackson, M.Cabrera-2, P.Fielder, A.Dirks-2, J.Peralta-2, A.Avila,
O.Infante, A.Eaton, J.Kubel-3, P.Goldschmidt, J.Upton, M.Montero,
C.Johnson, J.McDonald, T.Cahill, C.Ransom
RLISP 2-out- A.Avila, M.Montero-3, A.Hill, Q.Berry-2, J.Upton
44,000 fans were treated to a fine game at Chase Field as only one run
separated the combatants at game's end. The Arizona Diamondbacks won by the
slimmest of margins, 3 to 2.
Detroit lost it in the 4th inning when Arizona did all their damage when they
came up with 3 runs on 3 hits. The key at-bat was by John McDonald who
excited the crowd when he lofted a three-run bomb. Both teams' bats went to
sleep after the 4th inning with no runs scored after that point.
Trevor Cahill(4-0) went 6 innings allowing 2 runs for the victory. Cahill got
help from J.J. Putz who was credited with his 6th save. Max Scherzer(0-2)
took the loss.
