Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
May 30, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 2012 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."

"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)
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Detroit Tigers 4, Boston Red Sox 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Berry cf 5 1 1 0
Worth 2b 2 1 1 1
  Dirks ph 1 0 1 0
  Santiago pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Cabrera 3b 5 1 4 1
Fielder 1b 3 0 1 1
Young lf 4 0 0 1
Boesch rf 4 0 1 0
Peralta ss 4 0 0 0
Avila c 3 0 2 0
Laird dh 4 1 1 0
Smyly 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 4 12 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Nava lf 3 1 1 0
Aviles ss 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez rf 4 1 2 1
  Sweeney rf 0 0 0 0
Ortiz dh 4 1 2 2
Youkilis 1b 4 2 2 1
Middlebrooks 3b 4 1 2 2
Byrd cf 4 0 2 0
Shoppach c 4 0 0 0
Punto 2b 4 0 0 0
Lester p 0 0 0 0
  Albers p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Aceves p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 12 6
Detroit 102 000 1004120
Boston 000 400 11x6120
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Smyly   6.0 8 4 4 0 4
  Dotel  L(1-2) 0.2 1 1 1 1 2
  Coke   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Benoit   1.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
2
1
1
0
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lester   6.2 10 4 4 0 7
  Albers  W(1-0) 0.1 2 0 0 1 0
  Miller   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Aceves  SV(13) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1. Smyly-Peralta-Fielder, Boston 1. Aviles-Punto-Youkilis.  2B–Detroit Cabrera 3 (13,off Lester 2,off Albers); Laird (3,off Lester), Boston Gonzalez 2 (18,off Smyly,off Coke); Nava (7,off Smyly).  3B–Detroit Berry (1,off Lester).  HR–Boston Ortiz (12,4th inning off Smyly 1 on 2 out); Middlebrooks (6,4th inning off Smyly 1 on 2 out); Youkilis (4,8th inning off Benoit 0 on 0 out).  SF–Worth (1,off Lester).  IBB–Fielder (5,by Albers).  Team LOB–8.  Team–6.  U-HP–Chris Guccione, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Jeff Nelson, 3B–Bill Welke.  T–3:04.  A–37,195.
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