Detroit 10, Boston 9

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(22-14)	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Boston 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 1 0 9 12 1 Detroit 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 2 10 18 0 WP: T. Jones (1-0) LP: J. Papelbon (2-1)	(15-20)

Scoring Summary

Bot 3rd: Detroit

- P. Polanco doubled to deep left, I. Rodriguez scored

- C. Guillen singled to center, P. Polanco scored

- G. Sheffield singled to left, C. Guillen scored, M. Ordonez to third, M. Cabrera to second

- M. Joyce grounded into fielder's choice, M. Ordonez scored, M. Cabrera to third, G. Sheffield out at second

Top 4th: Boston

- K. Youkilis homered to deep left, M. Lowell scored

Bot 4th: Detroit

- M. Ordonez singled to right, P. Polanco scored, C. Guillen to third

Top 5th: Boston

- J. Lowrie hit sacrifice fly to left, J. Varitek scored

- D. Ortiz singled to left, J. Ellsbury scored

Bot 5th: Detroit

- I. Rodriguez doubled to deep right, G. Sheffield and M. Joyce scored

- P. Polanco singled to right, I. Rodriguez scored

Top 6th: Boston

- K. Youkilis homered to deep left

Top 7th: Boston

- M. Lowell homered to deep left, M. Ramirez and J. Ellsbury scored

Top 8th: Boston

- J. Lowrie singled to left, J.D. Drew scored, J. Lugo to second

Bot 9th: Detroit

- C. Granderson grounded out to second, R. Raburn scored, E. Renteria to third

- P. Polanco singled to left, E. Renteria scored

Boston
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
J. Ellsbury cf-lf	5	2	2	0	0	2	4	.281
J. Lowrie 2b	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	.263
D. Pedroia ph-2b	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.304
D. Ortiz dh	5	0	2	1	0	1	3	.233
M. Ramirez lf	4	1	0	0	1	1	2	.316
C. Crisp cf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290
M. Lowell 3b	5	2	3	3	0	0	0	.250
K. Youkilis 1b	5	2	2	3	0	3	1	.317
J.D. Drew rf	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	.281
J. Varitek c	4	1	0	0	1	1	4	.247
J. Lugo ss	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	.293
Totals	37	9	12	9	5	9	19

Batting 2B - D Ortiz (5, A Galarraga); J Lugo (7, A Galarraga); J Drew (4, B Seay); M Lowell (6, T Jones). HR - K Youkilis 2 (6, 4th inning off A Galarraga 1 on, 2 Out, 6th inning off A Galarraga 0 on, 1 Out), M Lowell (2, 7th inning off F Cruceta 2 on, 2 Out). SF - J Lowrie. RBI - K Youkilis 3 (25), J Lowrie (6), D Ortiz (28), M Lowell 3 (5), D Pedroia (19). 2-out RBI - K Youkilis 2, D Ortiz, M Lowell 3, D Pedroia. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Ramirez 1, J Varitek 1, D Ortiz 2, J Lugo 1, J Lowrie 1. GIDP - J Lowrie. Team LOB - 8.

Base Running SB - J Ellsbury 2 (13, 2nd base off A Galarraga/I Rodriguez, 2nd base off Z Miner/I Rodriguez), J Drew (1, 2nd base off F Cruceta/I Rodriguez).    Fielding E - J Lugo (10, ground ball). DP - 1 (J Varitek-M Lowell).

Detroit
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
C. Granderson cf	6	0	0	1	0	3	1	.273
P. Polanco 2b	6	2	5	3	0	0	0	.270
C. Guillen 3b	5	1	2	1	0	1	2	.315
M. Ordonez rf	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	.305
M. Cabrera 1b	3	0	1	0	2	1	2	.260
G. Sheffield lf	4	1	3	1	1	1	2	.202
M. Joyce dh	5	1	2	1	0	1	4	.286
R. Raburn pr	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.238
E. Renteria ss	4	1	0	0	0	0	5	.280
I. Rodriguez c	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	.252
Totals	42	10	18	10	3	7	17

Batting 2B - P Polanco (7, C Buchholz); I Rodriguez (10, J Tavarez). S - E Renteria , I Rodriguez. RBI - P Polanco 3 (12), C Guillen (14), G Sheffield (6), M Joyce (1), M Ordonez (24), I Rodriguez 2 (14), C Granderson (10). 2-out RBI - M Ordonez, P Polanco 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - E Renteria 2, M Ordonez 1, M Cabrera 1. Team LOB - 11.

Base Running CS - M Ordonez (1, 3rd base by H Okajima/J Varitek).    Fielding DP - 1 (E Renteria-P Polanco-M Cabrera).

Boston
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
C. Buchholz	4.0	10	5	5	1	6	0	4.50
J. Tavarez	1.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	7.15
D. Aardsma	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.70
J. Lopez	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.46
H. Okajima (H, 7)	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0.60
J. Papelbon (L, 2-1; BS, 1)	0.2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.59
Detroit
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
A. Galarraga	5.1	7	5	5	1	6	2	3.07
B. Seay (H, 2)	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.79
Z. Miner (H, 2)	1.0	1	2	2	1	0	0	9.33
F. Cruceta (BS, 1)	1.1	2	2	2	2	2	1	4.91
T. Jones (W, 1-0)	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2.77

WP - F Cruceta.

IBB - J Drew (by T Jones).

BALK - C Buchholz.

HBP - J Lugo (by A Galarraga).

Pitches-strikes - C Buchholz 82-51; J Tavarez 17-12; D Aardsma 31-18; J Lopez 15-12; H Okajima 15-11; J Papelbon 18-11; A Galarraga 88-59; B Seay 6-6; Z Miner 22-10; F Cruceta 33-17; T Jones 13-7.

Ground balls-fly balls - C Buchholz 3-3; J Tavarez 2-1; D Aardsma 1-2; J Lopez 2-1; H Okajima 0-1; J Papelbon 2-0; A Galarraga 5-5; B Seay 1-0; Z Miner 3-0; F Cruceta 1-1; T Jones 2-0.

Batters faced - C Buchholz 23; J Tavarez 7; D Aardsma 5; J Lopez 3; H Okajima 4; J Papelbon 5; A Galarraga 24; B Seay 2; Z Miner 5; F Cruceta 8; T Jones 5.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Jim Reynolds. 1B--James Hoye. 2B--Gary Cederstrom. 3B--Fieldin Culbreth. Time: 3:55. Attendance: 38,062. Weather: 60 degrees, drizzle. Wind: 15 mph, right to left.

Updated on Thursday, May 8, 2008 5:33 am ET