Red Sox 6, Tigers 4

Preview - Box Score - Recap

	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Detroit 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 8 0 Boston 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 X 6 10 1 WP: P. Martinez (5-2) S: B. Lyon (9) LP: M. Roney (0-2)

Scoring Summary

Bot 1st: Boston

-T. Walker doubled to right, D. Jackson scored

Top 4th: Detroit

-E. Munson doubled to right, K. Witt scored

Bot 4th: Boston

-T. Nixon doubled to left, D. Ortiz and K. Millar scored

-J. Varitek homered to right, T. Nixon scored

Bot 5th: Boston

-T. Nixon singled to center, K. Millar scored

Top 7th: Detroit

-A. Torres singled to shallow center, M. Walbeck scored

-W. Morris singled to right, A. Torres scored, S. Halter to third

-K. Witt singled to left, S. Halter scored, W. Morris to second

Detroit
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
B. Higginson dh	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.242
S. Halter dh	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	.223
W. Morris 2b	3	0	1	1	2	1	0	.305
D. Young lf	4	0	1	0	0	2	5	.284
K. Witt 1b	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	.286
E. Munson 3b	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	.244
C. Monroe rf	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.207
R. Santiago ss	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229
M. Walbeck c	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.136
A. Torres cf	4	1	1	1	0	2	0	.229
Totals	35	4	8	4	3	10	10

Batting 2B - D Young (14, P Martinez); K Witt (4, P Martinez); E Munson (9, P Martinez). 3B - M Walbeck (1, P Martinez). RBI - E Munson (30), A Torres (4), W Morris (8), K Witt (10). 2-out RBI - K Witt. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Walbeck 1, D Young 2, K Witt 1, E Munson 1. Team LOB - 7.

Boston
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
D. Jackson cf	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	.250
T. Walker 2b	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	.302
N. Garciaparra ss	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	.343
M. Ramirez lf	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.314
D. Ortiz 1b	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	.287
K. Millar dh	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	.316
T. Nixon rf	4	1	3	3	0	0	2	.305
B. Mueller 3b	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.315
J. Varitek c	4	1	1	2	0	2	1	.279
Totals	33	6	10	6	4	3	15

Batting 2B - D Jackson (2, M Roney); T Walker (18, M Roney); T Nixon (13, M Roney); K Millar (21, S Sparks). HR - J Varitek (12, 4th inning off M Roney 1 on, 1 Out). RBI - T Walker (40), T Nixon 3 (45), J Varitek 2 (40). 2-out RBI - T Nixon. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Nixon 1, D Ortiz 1. Team LOB - 7.

Base Running SB - N Garciaparra (8, 2nd base off F German/M Walbeck). CS - D Jackson (3, 3rd base by M Roney/M Walbeck).    Fielding E - D Ortiz (3, dropped foul ball).

Detroit
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
M. Roney (L, 0-2)	3.2	7	5	5	3	2	1	3.95
S. Sparks	2.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	3.88
F. German	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.94
J. Walker	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.60
Boston
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
P. Martinez (W, 5-2)	6.2	7	4	4	3	8	0	2.74
A. Embree	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.86
B. Lyon (S, 9)	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3.07

WP - P Martinez.

Pitches-strikes - M Roney 81-50; S Sparks 26-18; F German 15-7; J Walker 13-9; P Martinez 111-68; A Embree 4-4; B Lyon 20-14.

Ground balls-fly balls - M Roney 3-5; S Sparks 2-4; F German 0-2; J Walker 1-3; P Martinez 7-5; A Embree 0-1; B Lyon 1-3.

Batters faced - M Roney 20; S Sparks 9; F German 4; J Walker 4; P Martinez 30; A Embree 2; B Lyon 6.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Bill Miller. 1B--Lance Barksdale. 2B--Joe West. 3B--Jeff Kellogg. Ejections: DETROIT's Trammell by Miller (5th), DETROIT's Higginson by Miller (5th). Time: 2:32. Attendance: 34,415. Weather: 83 degrees, sunny. Wind: 12 mph, out to left.

Game Notes

DETROIT MANAGER ALAN TRAMMELL AND DESIGNATED HITTER BOBBY HIGGINSON WERE EJECTED FROM THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE FIFTH INNING BY HOMEPLATE UMPIRE BILL MILLER FOR ARGUING BALLS-AND-STRIKES.

Updated on Thursday, Jun 26, 2003 11:38 pm ET