Boston 6, Detroit 5

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(59-52)	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Detroit 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 5 10 0 Boston 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 6 12 0 WP: R. Ramirez (6-3) S: J. Papelbon (28) LP: Z. Miner (5-2)	(63-48)

Scoring Summary

Bot 1st: Boston

- D. Pedroia homered to left, J. Ellsbury scored

Bot 2nd: Boston

- N. Green homered to deep left center

- D. Ortiz singled to right, J. Ellsbury scored, K. Youkilis to third, D. Ortiz out at second

Top 4th: Detroit

- M. Ordonez tripled to shallow right, M. Cabrera scored

- B. Inge singled to shallow center, M. Ordonez scored

Top 5th: Detroit

- M. Thames hit sacrifice fly to right center, C. Granderson scored

Bot 5th: Boston

- J. Bay homered to left

Top 7th: Detroit

- P. Polanco singled to shallow right, G. Laird scored

- M. Thames doubled to left, P. Polanco scored

Bot 7th: Boston

- N. Green hit sacrifice fly to center, J.D. Drew scored

Detroit
	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	SB	LOB	Season Avg
C. Granderson cf	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	.260
P. Polanco 2b	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.280
M. Thames lf	4	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	.257
M. Cabrera 1b	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	.329
C. Guillen dh	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.238
M. Ordonez rf	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.273
C. Thomas pr-rf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259
B. Inge 3b	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	.253
G. Laird c	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.233
A. Everett ss	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	.240
Totals	33	5	10	5	0	2	5	0	16

Batting 2B - C Granderson (13, B Penny); M Thames (8, M Delcarmen); M Ordonez 2 (16, B Penny, R Ramirez); G Laird (18, M Delcarmen). 3B - M Ordonez (1, B Penny). S - G Laird, A Everett. SF - M Thames. RBI - P Polanco (53), M Thames 2 (27), M Ordonez (35), B Inge (63). 2-out RBI - P Polanco, M Thames. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Granderson 2, C Guillen 2, A Everett 2. GIDP - M Thames. Team LOB - 8.

Fielding Outfield assists - M Ordonez.

Boston
	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	SB	LOB	Season Avg
J. Ellsbury cf	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	.301
D. Pedroia 2b	4	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	.299
V. Martinez c	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.284
K. Youkilis 3b	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.311
D. Ortiz dh	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	.219
J.D. Drew rf	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.254
J. Bay lf	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	.253
C. Kotchman 1b	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	.250
N. Green ss	3	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	3	.239
Totals	34	6	12	6	3	4	3	1	18

Batting 2B - J Ellsbury (18, E Jackson). HR - D Pedroia (9, 1st inning off E Jackson 1 on, 0 Out), J Bay (22, 5th inning off F Ni 0 on, 1 Out), N Green (6, 2nd inning off E Jackson 0 on, 0 Out). SF - N Green. RBI - D Pedroia 2 (50), D Ortiz (62), J Bay (76), N Green 2 (34). 2-out RBI - D Ortiz. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Ellsbury 2, D Ortiz 1, C Kotchman 2. Team LOB - 10.

Base Running SB - J Ellsbury (51, 2nd base off E Jackson/G Laird).    Fielding DP - 1 (K Youkilis-D Pedroia-C Kotchman).

Detroit
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	Season ERA
E. Jackson	4.0	9	4	4	2	3	2	1.16	2.79
F. Ni	2.0	1	1	1	2	0	1	1.06	2.50
Z. Miner (L, 5-2)	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.63	4.60
Boston
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	Season ERA
B. Penny	6.0	6	3	3	1	2	0	1.47	5.16
M. Delcarmen (BS, 2)	0.2	3	2	2	1	1	0	1.52	3.33
R. Ramirez (W, 6-3)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.22	2.37
J. Papelbon (S, 28)	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.23	1.85

WP - F Ni.

IBB - M Cabrera (by M Delcarmen).

HPB - K Youkilis (by E Jackson); M Cabrera (by B Penny); B Inge (by R Ramirez).

Pitches-strikes - E Jackson 104-60; F Ni 50-26; Z Miner 34-18; B Penny 93-56; M Delcarmen 26-15; R Ramirez 13-8; J Papelbon 11-7.

Ground balls-fly balls - E Jackson 5-6; F Ni 3-4; Z Miner 5-3; B Penny 8-8; M Delcarmen 1-1; R Ramirez 0-2; J Papelbon 0-3.

Batters faced - E Jackson 23; F Ni 9; Z Miner 8; B Penny 25; M Delcarmen 6; R Ramirez 5; J Papelbon 4.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Phil Cuzzi. 1B--Brian O'Nora. 2B--Jerry Crawford. 3B--Scott Barry.

Updated on Tuesday, Aug 11, 2009 4:01 am ET