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2015 Season - ALCS Game 1

Posted on August 5, 2014 at 09:49 PM.

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THE BOSTON GLOBE (RED SOX DYNASTY REPORT)

BOSTON, MA - After sweeping the Rangers the Red Sox only needed to wait for the Detroit Tigers to do the same to the Oakland A's, setting up a meeting with Jon Lester and his new team. In the NL the Dodgers would beat Arizona 3-1, and the Reds would take down the Braves 3-1. Chris Archer and Justin Verlander would start for the ALCS opener, and Verlander would hope to get revenge for the 7-1 drubbing handed out by Boston earlier in the season.

Thing went well for both aces to start the game, but Verlander blinked first by giving up a solo-HR to Mike Napoli in the 2nd inning. The teams traded off scoreless 3rd innings, and then Detroit struck back in the 4th. Allen Craig pulled Detroit even with an RBI ground-rule double, and then David Wright drove him in with a double off the Green Monster. Anthony Rendon topped off the 3R inning with a single that brought Wright in from 2nd.

Miggy's slam puts Detroit ahead for good.

The teams traded another scoreless inning before Napoli struck again with an RBI single that scored Xander Bogaerts from 2nd after a ground-rule double of his own. Down 3-2 Archer took a seat after the 7th inning and Anthony Ranaudo took over, but he wouldn't be able to hold the potent Tigers offense back. Miguel Cabrera pushed the score to 5-2 with a 2R-HR before Ranaudo could get out of the inning. Bogaerts answered back with a solo-HR in the bottom of the inning that sent Verlander packing, but the Red Sox offense couldn't get any more. Sergio Romo came in for the 9th and used three straight strikeouts to give Detroit a 1-0 lead in the series.

Detroit Tigers at Boston Red Sox
Oct 12, 2015	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit (1-0)	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	5	5	0
Boston (0-1)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	8	0
W: Verlander (1-0) L: Archer (1-1) S: Romo (2)