Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
May 7, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 2008 at Comerica Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 9, Detroit Tigers 10

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury cf,lf 5 2 2 0
Lowrie 2b 3 0 0 1
  Pedroia ph,2b 1 0 1 1
Ortiz dh 5 0 2 1
Ramirez lf 4 1 0 0
  Crisp cf 0 0 0 0
Lowell 3b 5 2 3 3
Youkilis 1b 5 2 2 3
Drew rf 3 1 1 0
Varitek c 4 1 0 0
Lugo ss 2 0 1 0
Buchholz p 0 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
  Aardsma p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Okajima p 0 0 0 0
  Papelbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 12 9
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 6 0 0 1
Polanco 2b 6 2 5 3
Guillen 3b 5 1 2 1
Ordonez rf 5 1 3 1
Cabrera 1b 3 0 1 0
Sheffield lf 4 1 3 1
Joyce dh 5 1 2 1
  Raburn pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Renteria ss 4 1 0 0
Rodriguez c 4 2 2 2
Galarraga p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
  Miner p 0 0 0 0
  Cruceta p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 10 18 10
Boston 000 221 3109121
Detroit 004 130 00210180
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Buchholz   4.0 10 5 5 1 6
  Tavarez   1.0 4 3 3 0 0
  Aardsma   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Lopez   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Okajima   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Papelbon  L(2-1) 0.2 2 2 0 0 0
Totals
8.2
2
2
0
0
0
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Galarraga   5.1 7 5 5 1 6
  Seay   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Miner   1.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Cruceta   1.1 2 2 2 2 2
  Jones  W(1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
1
1

  E–Lugo (10).  DP–Boston 1. Varitek-Lowell, Detroit 1. Renteria-Polanco-Cabrera.  2B–Boston Ortiz (5,off Galarraga); Lugo (7,off Galarraga); Drew (4,off Seay); Lowell (6,off T. Jones), Detroit Polanco (7,off Buchholz); Rodriguez (10,off Tavarez).  HR–Boston Youkilis 2 (6,4th inning off Galarraga 1 on 2 out,6th inning off Galarraga 0 on 1 out); Lowell (2,7th inning off Cruceta 2 on 2 out).  SF–Lowrie (2,off Galarraga).  HBP–Lugo (2,by Galarraga).  IBB–Drew (2,by T. Jones).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Renteria (1,off Tavarez); Rodriguez (2,off Papelbon).  Team–11.  SB–Ellsbury 2 (13,2nd base off Galarraga/Rodriguez,2nd base off Miner/Rodriguez); Drew (1,2nd base off Cruceta/Rodriguez).  CS–Ordonez (1,3rd base by Okajima/Varitek).  U-HP–Jim Reynolds, 1B–James Hoye, 2B–Gary Cederstrom, 3B–Fieldin Culbreth.  T–3:55.  A–38,062.
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