Detroit 13, Boston 12
When: 1:05 PM ET, Sunday, April 8, 2012
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature:
58°
Umpires:
Home -
Dan Iassogna, 1B -
CB Bucknor, 2B -
Dale Scott, 3B -
Bill Miller
Attendance:
30788
By SportsDirect Inc.
TIGERS 13, RED SOX 12 (11): Alex Avila hit a two-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the 11th inning off Mark Melancon as Detroit came from behind on two occasions in the late innings to complete a three-game sweep of Boston.
Miguel Cabrera hit a three-run homer to tie it in the bottom of the ninth and finished with five RBIs and three runs scored for the Tigers.
The Red Sox grabbed a 12-10 lead in the top of the 11th and brought in Melancon (0-2) for the team’s second save opportunity of the afternoon. The right-hander got Brennan Boesch leading off the frame but Cabrera and Prince Fielder followed with back-to-back singles.
Cabrera advanced on a wild pitch and came in on Delmon Young’s sacrifice fly. Avila was up next and fought off a few pitches before blasting a deep fly just over the wall in right-center - his second homer.
Duane Below (2-0) recorded the final out of the 11th to earn the win.
Boston was well on its way to the victory, with closer Alfredo Aceves on the mound and a three-run lead in the ninth. But Austin Jackson and Boesch hit back-to-back singles leading off the frame and Cabrera wasted no time tying it up, driving the first pitch he saw on a line into the left field seats.
Jackson finished 4-for-6 with three runs scored and went 8-for-14 in the series.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Adrian Gonzalez gave the Red Sox the lead with his first home run and Mike Aviles and Nick Punto each drove in three. … Both starting pitchers - Clay Buchholz for Boston and Max Scherzer for Detroit - allowed seven runs and eight hits. … The teams combined for 30 hits.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Boston |
|
Detroit |
|
Clay Buchholz
|
Player |
Max Scherzer
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
4.0 |
IP |
2.2 |
|
2 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
8 |
Hits |
8 |
|
15.75 |
ERA |
23.62 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Boston
|
18 |
1 |
25 |
.367 |
30 |
11 |
11 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
| Detroit
|
17 |
2 |
25 |
.370 |
16 |
9 |
12 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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