Saturday, August 2, 2014

October 31, 2012: Diamondbacks 10 Tigers 5 (World Series tied, 3-3)

The Diamondbacks hammer Anibal Sanchez, and the Detroit bullpen is little relief in a 10-5 win that sets up a game 7 showdown in this year's World Series. Miguel Montero cracked a 2-run homer in the 2nd that gave his team a 3-0 lead. The DBacks ultimately scored 4 runs off Sanchez, and it could have been even worse if not for a first inning triple play turned by the Tigers! Arizona had 3 straight singles to start the game and had already scored a run when the Tigers turned the trick.

Detroit had pulled within 2 runs with 2 in the top of the 4th, but Arizona put it away for good in the 6th when they loaded the bases with a walk and single off Joaquin Benoit and an intentional walk of Chris Johnson by Phil Coke. Coke did that to face John McDonald, who cracked a big fly to score 4 runs and put Arizona up by 6.

Max Scherzer and Patrick Corbin will reprise their game 3 matchup in a game 7 showdown. Scherzer went 9 innings in game 3 and allowed just one earned run, but was out of the game when it was decided by a Wil Nieves solo homer in the 9th. 

This will be my first World Series decided in a 7th game since 2004, when the Braves beat the Red Sox. 2004, 2003 and 2001 all went the distance; all three were lost by the Red Sox to the Braves, Astros and Giants, respectively.

BOXSCORE: 2012 Detroit Tigers At 2012 Arizona Diamondbacks         10/31/2012
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Diamondbacks       AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Jackson CF        5  0  1  0 .261     A.Eaton CF          4  2  4  0 .313  
  O.Infante 2B        5  0  2  0 .273     A.Hill 2B           4  0  2  2 .313  
  M.Cabrera 3B        3  1  0  0 .367     J.Kubel LF          5  1  2  2 .179  
  P.Fielder 1B        4  0  1  1 .222     P.Goldschmidt 1B    3  1  1  0 .345  
  J.Peralta SS        4  1  0  0 .220     J.Upton RF          4  2  2  0 .306  
  A.Dirks LF          4  0  0  1 .357     M.Montero C         3  1  1  2 .393  
  A.Garcia RF         4  0  2  1 .452     C.Johnson 3B        3  2  1  0 .300  
  G.Laird C           4  1  1  0 .188     J.McDonald SS       4  1  2  4 .171  
  A.Sanchez P         1  0  0  0 .333     P.Corbin P          3  0  0  0 .200  
A-A.Avila PH          0  0  0  0 .194     M.Zagurski P        1  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Benoit P          0  0  0  0 ----     J.Putz P            0  0  0  0 ----  
  P.Coke P            0  0  0  0 ----                                          
B-D.Young PH          1  1  1  1 .218                                          
  O.Dotel P           0  0  0  0 ----                                          
  A.Alburquerque P    0  0  0  0 ----                                          
C-B.Boesch PH         1  1  1  1 .333                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  5  9  5                 Totals      34 10 15 10
 
A-Pinch Hit For Sanchez In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Coke In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Alburquerque In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  2 0 0  1 0 2  -  5  9  1
Diamondbacks.... 1 2 1  0 0 4  1 1    - 10 15  2
 
Tigers (10-6)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
A.Sanchez LOSS(0-3)       4       8   4   4   0   2   2  54   8.24
J.Benoit                  1 1/3   2   2   2   1   0   0  17   6.43
P.Coke                    0 2/3   1   2   2   1   2   1  10   3.86
O.Dotel                   1 1/3   4   2   2   0   2   0  34   7.36
A.Alburquerq              0 2/3   0   0   0   2   1   0  18   0.00
Totals                    8      15  10  10   4   7   3
 
Diamondbacks (10-6)      IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
P.Corbin WIN(2-0)         6 2/3   5   3   1   5   5   1 115   3.18
M.Zagurski                1 2/3   3   2   2   0   2   0  29   9.00
J.Putz                    0 2/3   1   0   0   0   1   0   8   3.86
Totals                    9       9   5   3   5   8   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 47,872 DATE- Wednesday, October 31st 2012 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Paul Schrieber, Tim Welke, Laz Diaz, Mike Everitt
T- 2:56
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 9  Diamondbacks: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 3  Diamondbacks: 1
TRIPLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1  Diamondbacks: 0
ERRORS- P.Fielder, C.Johnson, J.McDonald
DOUBLES- A.Garcia(1st), G.Laird(1st), B.Boesch(1st), P.Goldschmidt(4th)
HOME RUNS- D.Young(6th), J.Kubel(1st), M.Montero(2nd), J.McDonald(2nd)
RBIs- P.Fielder(7th), A.Dirks(6th), A.Garcia(2nd), D.Young(14th), B.Boesch(1st),
      A.Hill-2(12th), J.Kubel-2(6th), M.Montero-2(11th), J.McDonald-4(8th)
STOLEN BASES- A.Eaton(3rd), J.Upton(4th)
WALKS- M.Cabrera-2, P.Fielder, J.Peralta, A.Avila, A.Eaton, A.Hill,
       P.Goldschmidt, C.Johnson
HIT BY PITCH- M.Montero
STRIKE OUTS- A.Jackson, M.Cabrera, P.Fielder, J.Peralta, A.Dirks, A.Garcia-2,
             G.Laird, J.Kubel, P.Goldschmidt, J.Upton, M.Montero, C.Johnson,
             P.Corbin-2
GIDP- A.Dirks, A.Hill-2, J.McDonald
2-out RBI- J.Kubel, A.Garcia, J.McDonald-4, A.Hill, P.Fielder
RLISP 2-out- J.Peralta-2, J.Upton, P.Fielder, G.Laird, J.Kubel-2
WEB GEMS- Bot 1st: Detroit turns a triple play!
 
John McDonald smacked a grand slam as the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the
Detroit Tigers by the score of 10 to 5 at Chase Field.
 
The game started off with Arizona taking the lead in the first plating an
isolated run on 3 hits.  Offensively, Arizona was a juggernaut.  They scored
in 6 separate innings.  
 
The win went to Patrick Corbin(2-0) who allowed 3 runs in 6 and 2/3 innings.
Anibal Sanchez(0-3) was tagged with the loss.  He allowed 8 hits and no walks
in 4 innings.

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