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2012 Detroit Tigers Opening Day

Posted on May 12, 2012 at 03:44 PM.

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Game 1 vs. BOS

To say that we were excited for Opening Day is an understatement. What started off as a highly-anticipated pitching matchup accelerated into a tension-filled showdown. The Tigers eventually prevailed.

Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers
Apr 5, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston (0-1)	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	7	1
Detroit (1-0)	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	X	6	11	0
W: Justin Verlander (1-0) L: John Lester (0-1) S: Jose Valverde (1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			BOS	DET
DET	1	Miguel Cabrera homers to right.	0	1
DET	5	Ian Kinsler singles. John Mayberry and Jhonny Peralta score.	0	3
BOS	6	Dustin Pedroia hits a sacrifice fly. Brad Emaus scores.	1	3
BOS	6	David Ortiz singles. Jacoby Ellsbury scores.	2	3
DET	6	John Mayberry triples. Michael Morse scores.	2	4
BOS	7	Cody Ross triples. Ryan Lavarnway scores.	3	4
BOS	7	Brad Emaus hits a sacrifice fly. Cody Ross scores.	4	4
DET	7	Miguel Cabrera homers to left.	4	5
DET	8	Austin Jackson singles. John Mayberry scores.	4	6

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Jacoby Ellsbury	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.250
Dustin Pedroia	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000
Adrian Gonzalez	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250
David Ortiz	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	.250
Carl Crawford	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Ryan Lavarnway	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.250
Kevin Youkilis	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Cody Ross	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	.333
Brad Emaus	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	1.000
TEAM TOTALS	32	4	7	4	0	8	0	---
BATTING: 2B: J. Ellsbury (1) 3B: C. Ross (1) SF: D. Pedroia (1), B. Emaus (1) RBI: D. Pedroia (1), C. Ross (1), D. Ortiz (1), B. Emaus (1)
FIELDING: E: B. Emaus (1)

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Austin Jackson	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	.400
Ian Kinsler	5	0	1	2	0	1	0	.200
Miguel Cabrera	3	2	2	2	1	0	2	.666
Prince Fielder	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Victor Martinez	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500
Michael Morse	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.250
John Mayberry, Jr.	4	2	3	1	0	0	0	.750
Geovany Soto	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Jhonny Peralta	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	35	6	11	6	3	3	2	---
BATTING: 2B: M. Morse (1), J. Mayberry (1) 3B: J. Mayberry (1) HR: M. Cabrera 2 (2) RBI: M. Cabrera 2 (2), A. Jackson (1), I. Kinsler 2 (2), J. Mayberry (1)
BASERUNNING: SB: I. Kinsler (1)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
John Lester (L)	7.2	11	6	6	3	2	2	7.04
Vicente Padilla	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	11	6	6	3	3	2	---
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: J. Lester 71-50, V. Padilla 3-3

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Justin Verlander (W)	7.1	7	4	4	0	5	0	4.91
Scott Downs (H)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Jose Valverde (S)	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	7	4	4	0	8	0	---
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: J. Verlander 72-61, S. Downs 12-10, J. Valverde 5-5