Ejections: Rick Porcello by Brian O'Nora [Brawl]; Kevin Youkilis
by Brian O'Nora [Brawl]; BOS Manager Terry Francona by Scott Barry [Call at 2B]
Time of Game: 3:11 Attendance: 38013
Starting Lineups:
Detroit Tigers Boston Red Sox
1. Granderson cf Ellsbury cf
2. Polanco 2b Pedroia 2b
3. Thomas lf Martinez 1b
4. Cabrera 1b Youkilis 3b
5. Guillen dh Ortiz dh
6. Ordonez rf Bay lf
7. Avila c Drew rf
8. Inge 3b Varitek c
9. Santiago ss Green ss
Porcello p Tazawa p
TIGERS 1ST: Granderson popped to shortstop; Polanco singled to
center; Thomas singled to left [Polanco to second]; Cabrera was
hit by a pitch [Polanco to third, Thomas to second]; Cabrera
was hit on the back of the left hand; Guillen reached on an
error by Green [Polanco scored, Thomas to third, Cabrera to
second]; Ordonez forced Guillen (shortstop to second) [Thomas
scored (unearned), Cabrera to third]; Avila walked [Ordonez to
second]; Inge singled to left [Cabrera scored (unearned),
Ordonez to third, Avila to second]; Santiago grounded out
(second to first); 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Tigers 3, Red
Sox 0.
RED SOX 1ST: Ellsbury singled to left; Pedroia grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Ellsbury out at
second]; a pitch to Victor Martinez was high and inside; he
yelled at pitcher Rick Porcello; Martinez struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Red Sox 0.
TIGERS 2ND: Granderson grounded out (second to first); Polanco
flied to center; Thomas walked; Cabrera's hand hurt from
being hit in the previous inning; he had trouble swinging the
bat and was removed from the game; RABURN BATTED FOR
CABRERA; Raburn struck out (strikeout was charged to Cabrera); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Red Sox 0.
RED SOX 2ND: RABURN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Youkilis was
hit by a pitch; Rick Porcello's pitch hit high on the back of
Kevin Youkilis; Youk charged the mound, throwing his helmet at
Porcello, who ran towards 1B; Youk tackled Porcello and they
wrestled each other to the ground; both benches and bullpens
emptied; Youk and Porcello were ejected by HP umpire Brian
O'Nora; LAMBERT REPLACED PORCELLO (PITCHING); LOWELL RAN FOR
YOUKILIS; Ortiz singled to right [Lowell to second]; Bay homered
to left [Lowell scored, Ortiz scored]; Drew walked; Drew was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Red Sox
Manager Terry Francona ejected by 2B umpire Scott Barry for
arguing the call on J.D. Drew's steal attempt; Francona was
already upset by a call in the first and the beanball war from
the last two days; Varitek walked; Green was called out on
strikes; Ellsbury grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Tigers 3, Red Sox 3.
TIGERS 3RD: LOWELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Guillen flied to
center; Ordonez tripled to right; Avila was called out on
strikes; Inge was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 3, Red Sox 3.
RED SOX 3RD: Pedroia walked; Martinez grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Pedroia out at second];
Lowell homered to left; Ortiz flied to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Tigers 3, Red Sox 4.
TIGERS 4TH: Santiago flied to right; Granderson struck out;
Polanco struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Red Sox 4.
RED SOX 4TH: Bay lined to center; Drew flied to left; Varitek
singled to right; Green struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 3, Red Sox 4.
TIGERS 5TH: Thomas struck out; On a bunt Raburn made an out to
catcher; Guillen flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3,
Red Sox 4.
RED SOX 5TH: Ellsbury flied to center; Pedroia walked; Pedroia
stole second; Martinez flied to center [Pedroia to third];
Lowell homered to left [Pedroia scored]; Ortiz flied to center;
2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Red Sox 6.
TIGERS 6TH: CABRERA REPLACED TAZAWA (PITCHING); Ordonez grounded
out (third to first); Avila doubled; Inge was called out on
strikes; Santiago flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers
3, Red Sox 6.
RED SOX 6TH: Bay lined to left; Drew grounded out (pitcher to
first); Varitek struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Red
Sox 6.
TIGERS 7TH: SAITO REPLACED CABRERA (PITCHING); Granderson flied
to center; Polanco flied to right; Thomas struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Red Sox 6.
RED SOX 7TH: PERRY REPLACED LAMBERT (PITCHING); Green popped to
second; Ellsbury reached on an error by Perry [Ellsbury to
second]; Ellsbury stole third; Pedroia walked; Perry balked
[Ellsbury scored (unearned), Pedroia to second]; Martinez
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Pedroia to third]; Lowell
popped to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Red
Sox 7.
TIGERS 8TH: BARD REPLACED SAITO (PITCHING); Raburn struck out;
Guillen struck out; Ordonez lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Tigers 3, Red Sox 7.
RED SOX 8TH: SEAY REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); Ortiz struck out;
Bay singled to second; Drew grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Bay out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Tigers 3, Red Sox 7.
TIGERS 9TH: PAPELBON REPLACED BARD (PITCHING); Avila doubled to
left; Inge struck out; Santiago was called out on strikes;
Granderson homered to right [Avila scored]; Polanco struck out;
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Red Sox 7.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Tigers 5 7 1 6
Red Sox 7 7 1 3
