October 24, 2012: Tigers 6 Diamondbacks 1 (Tigers lead World Series, 1-0)

It was all Justin Verlander, Miguel Cabrera and the Detroit Tigers, who roll into Arizona and beat the Diamondbacks in Game 1 of the 2012 World Series. Chris Johnson of the DBacks had the only 2 hits of the game for his team, a 2nd inning homer that was the only hit given up by Verlander over 8 innings, and a 9th inning single off Jose Valverde. Verlander walked 5 but struck out 13.

Cabrera got the Tigers on the board first with a 2-run blast in the first, then bookended the game with another 2-run blast in the 9th. Alex Avila added a 2-run blast of his own in the 3rd.

Patrick Corbin will try to even the series up in the game 2 start against Anibal Sanchez of the Tigers.

BOXSCORE: 2012 Detroit Tigers At 2012 Arizona Diamondbacks         10/24/2012
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Diamondbacks       AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Jackson CF        3  1  0  0 .277     A.Eaton CF          3  0  0  0 .250  
  Q.Berry LF          2  1  0  0 .318     A.Hill 2B           3  0  0  0 .255  
  M.Cabrera 3B        4  2  2  4 .316     J.Kubel LF          4  0  0  0 .080  
  P.Fielder 1B        4  1  2  0 .214     P.Goldschmidt 1B    3  0  0  0 .389  
  A.Dirks RF          4  0  1  0 .366     J.Upton RF          4  0  0  0 .302  
  J.Peralta SS        4  0  1  0 .237     M.Montero C         3  0  0  0 .385  
  A.Avila C           4  1  2  2 .217     C.Johnson 3B        4  1  2  1 .300  
  O.Infante 2B        4  0  1  0 .227     C.Ransom SS         4  0  0  0 .150  
  J.Verlander P       3  0  0  0 .000     I.Kennedy P         0  0  0  0 .000  
C-B.Boesch PH         1  0  0  0 .000   A-G.Parra PH          1  0  0  0 .222  
  J.Valverde P        0  0  0  0 ----     M.Lindstrom P       0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        B-W.Bloomquist PH     1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          B.Ziegler P         0  0  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  6  9  6                 Totals      30  1  2  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Kennedy In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Lindstrom In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Verlander In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 2 0 2  0 0 0  0 0 2  -  6  9  1
Diamondbacks.... 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  2  0
 
Tigers (8-3)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Verlander WIN(3-0)      8       1   1   1   5  13   1 127   1.78
J.Valverde                1       1   0   0   0   1   0  17   3.38
Totals                    9       2   1   1   5  14   1
 
Diamondbacks (7-4)       IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
I.Kennedy LOSS(0-2)       4       5   4   4   4   3   2  78   4.24
M.Lindstrom               3       1   0   0   1   2   0  36   3.86
B.Ziegler                 2       3   2   2   0   3   1  40   7.71
Totals                    9       9   6   6   5   8   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 44,774 DATE- Wednesday, October 24th 2012 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Paul Emmel, Scott Barry, Gary Darling, Jerry Meals
T- 3:23
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 7  Diamondbacks: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0  Diamondbacks: 2
ERRORS- O.Infante
DOUBLES- P.Fielder(3rd), O.Infante(2nd)
HOME RUNS- M.Cabrera-2(6th), A.Avila(2nd), C.Johnson(2nd)
RBIs- M.Cabrera-4(13th), A.Avila-2(6th), C.Johnson(6th)
SACRIFICE HITS- Q.Berry
WALKS- A.Jackson-2, Q.Berry, M.Cabrera, P.Fielder, A.Eaton, A.Hill,
       P.Goldschmidt, M.Montero, I.Kennedy
HIT BY PITCH- Q.Berry
STRIKE OUTS- Q.Berry, M.Cabrera, A.Dirks-2, J.Peralta, A.Avila, O.Infante,
             B.Boesch, A.Eaton, A.Hill, J.Kubel-3, P.Goldschmidt, J.Upton,
             M.Montero, C.Johnson, C.Ransom-4, G.Parra
GIDP- M.Cabrera, P.Fielder
BALKS- I.Kennedy
2-out RBI- A.Avila-2, M.Cabrera-2
RLISP 2-out- A.Avila, J.Upton, A.Hill, C.Johnson, O.Infante
 
Miguel Cabrera smashed 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI and Justin Verlander whiffed
13 batters as the Detroit Tigers bested the Arizona Diamondbacks 6 to 1 at
Chase Field.
 
Cabrera provided the offensive punch.  He cleared the fences for a two-run
home run in the 1st inning and smashed a two-run homer in the 9th inning.
Arizona was out-hit by Detroit, 9 hits to 2.  
 
Verlander(3-0) went 8 innings allowing 1 run for the victory. Ian Kennedy(0-2)
ended up with the loss.  'I had my good stuff tonight.' Verlander said. 'As
the game went along I started to get the feeling that I was going to strike
out a bunch of hitters.'