Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
April 7, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 7, 2012 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 0, Detroit Tigers 10

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury cf 3 0 0 0
  McDonald ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Pedroia 2b 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez 1b 4 0 2 0
Ortiz dh 3 0 1 0
  Shoppach ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Youkilis 3b 4 0 0 0
Sweeney rf 3 0 2 0
Ross lf 4 0 0 0
Saltalamacchia c 3 0 1 0
Aviles ss 3 0 0 0
Beckett p 0 0 0 0
  Atchison p 0 0 0 0
  Albers p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas p 0 0 0 0
  Bowden p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 7 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Jackson cf 3 1 1 1
Boesch rf 5 0 0 0
Cabrera 3b 5 2 2 3
Fielder 1b 3 2 2 2
  Kelly 1b 0 0 0 0
Young lf 4 2 2 0
  Santiago 2b 0 0 0 0
Avila c 4 2 2 2
Peralta ss 4 1 1 0
Dirks dh 4 0 2 1
Raburn 2b,lf 4 0 0 0
Fister p 0 0 0 0
  Below p 0 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Coke p 0 0 0 0
  Benoit p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 10 12 9
Boston 000 000 000072
Detroit 200 321 20x10120
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Beckett  L(0-1) 4.2 7 7 7 1 3
  Atchison   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Albers   0.2 2 2 1 0 0
  Thomas   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Bowden   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
1
0
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Fister   3.2 3 0 0 1 3
  Below  W(1-0) 2.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Dotel   1.1 1 0 0 0 3
  Coke   0.2 0 0 0 1 2
  Benoit   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
0
1

  E–Saltalamacchia (1), Aviles (1).  DP–Boston 1. Youkilis-Pedroia-Gonzalez, Detroit 2. Raburn-Fielder, Peralta-Santiago-Kelly.  2B–Boston Saltalamacchia (1,off Fister), Detroit Jackson (1,off Beckett).  HR–Detroit Cabrera 2 (2,1st inning off Beckett 1 on 1 out,5th inning off Beckett 0 on 2 out); Fielder 2 (2,4th inning off Beckett 0 on 0 out,5th inning off Beckett 0 on 2 out); Avila (1,4th inning off Beckett 1 on 0 out).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Fielder (1,by Albers).  Team–5.  U-HP–Bill Miller, 1B–Dan Iassogna, 2B–CB Bucknor, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–2:53.  A–44,710.
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