Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
August 11, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 11, 2009 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 5, Boston Red Sox 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 5 1 1 2
Polanco 2b 5 1 1 0
Thomas lf 3 1 1 0
Cabrera 1b 1 1 0 0
  Raburn ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Guillen dh 4 0 0 1
Ordonez rf 4 0 1 1
Avila c 3 1 2 0
Inge 3b 4 0 1 1
Santiago ss 4 0 0 0
Porcello p 0 0 0 0
  Lambert p 0 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 7 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury cf 4 1 1 0
Pedroia 2b 1 1 0 0
Martinez 1b 4 0 0 0
Youkilis 3b 0 0 0 0
  Lowell pr,3b 3 3 2 3
Ortiz dh 4 1 1 0
Bay lf 4 1 2 3
Drew rf 3 0 0 0
Varitek c 2 0 1 0
Green ss 3 0 0 0
Tazawa p 0 0 0 0
  Cabrera p 0 0 0 0
  Saito p 0 0 0 0
  Bard p 0 0 0 0
  Papelbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 7 7 6
Detroit 300 000 002571
Boston 031 020 10x771
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Porcello   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Lambert  L(0-1) 5.0 5 5 5 4 3
  Perry   1.0 0 1 0 1 0
  Seay   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
7
6
5
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tazawa  W(1-1) 5.0 4 3 1 2 6
  Cabrera   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Saito   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Bard   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Papelbon   1.0 2 2 2 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
5
3
2
13

  E–Perry (1), Green (14).  DP–Detroit 3. Santiago-Polanco-Cabrera, Santiago-Polanco-Raburn, Polanco-Santiago-Raburn.  2B–Detroit Avila 2 (4,off Cabrera,off Papelbon).  3B–Detroit Ordonez (2,off Tazawa).  HR–Detroit Granderson (23,9th inning off Papelbon 1 on 2 out), Boston Bay (23,2nd inning off Lambert 2 on 0 out); Lowell 2 (13,3rd inning off Lambert 0 on 2 out,5th inning off Lambert 1 on 2 out).  HBP–Cabrera (5,by Tazawa); Youkilis (10,by Porcello).  Team LOB–6.  Team–3.  SB–Pedroia (15,2nd base off Lambert/Avila); Ellsbury (52,3rd base off Perry/Avila); Pedroia (15,2nd base off Lambert/Avila); Ellsbury (52,3rd base off Perry/Avila).  CS–Drew (3,2nd base by Lambert/Avila); Drew (3,2nd base by Lambert/Avila).  U-HP–Brian O'Nora, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Scott Barry, 3B–Phil Cuzzi.  T–3:11.  A–38,013.
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