October 13, 2013: Red Sox 4 Tigers 3 (Red Sox lead ALCS, 2-0)

The Red Sox win game 2 with a walk-off single from Shane Victorino. Given the playoffs he has been having, it's no surprise that Stephen Drew was a big part of the win. He got the Red Sox on the board in the 3rd with a solo homer, drew a bases loaded walk in the 4th to push home the tying run, and walked with 1 out in the 9th and eventually came around as the winning run. Xander Boegarts doubled following Drew in his first playoff at bat to push Drew to 3rd. Jacoby Ellsbury hit a fly ball to center that wasn't deep enough for Drew to score, but the Flyin' Hawaiian came through with the game winning single.

John Lackey's start was better than his ALDS start, but still not as sharp as he was in the regular season. Junichi Tazawa pitched a scoreless 9th and ended up with the win.

BOXSCORE: 2013 Detroit Tigers At 2013 Boston Red Sox               10/13/2013
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Jackson CF        5  0  0  0 .250     J.Ellsbury CF       5  0  1  0 .172  
  T.Hunter RF         4  1  1  0 .346     S.Victorino RF      5  1  2  1 .370  
  M.Cabrera 3B        4  1  2  2 .500     D.Pedroia 2B        2  0  1  0 .280  
C-R.Santiago 3B       1  0  0  0 .000     D.Ortiz DH          4  0  0  0 .125  
  P.Fielder 1B        3  0  0  0 .190     M.Napoli 1B         4  1  2  1 .292  
  V.Martinez DH       4  1  2  0 .250     D.Nava LF           4  0  1  0 .300  
  J.Peralta SS        3  0  2  1 .231     J.Saltalamacchia C  3  0  0  0 .280  
  A.Avila C           3  0  0  0 .200     S.Drew SS           2  2  1  2 .409  
  O.Infante 2B        4  0  2  0 .381     W.Middlebrooks 3B   2  0  0  0 .136  
  D.Kelly LF          3  0  0  0 .222   A-M.Carp PH           1  0  0  0 .200  
                                        B-X.Bogaerts 3B       1  0  1  01.000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  3  9  3                 Totals      33  4  9  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Middlebrooks In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Carp In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Cabrera In 8th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 2  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  3  9  0
Red Sox......... 0 0 1  1 0 0  0 1 1  -  4  9  0
 
Tigers (3-3)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Verlander               6 1/3   4   2   2   3   6   1 106   3.14
D.Smyly HOLD(2nd)         0 2/3   2   1   1   0   1   0  10   9.82
J.Veras                   0       0   0   0   1   0   0   5   6.75
P.Coke LOSS(0-1) BS(1st)  1 1/3   2   1   1   1   1   0  28   6.75
R.Porcello                0 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   0.00
Totals                    8 2/3   9   4   4   5   8   1
 
Red Sox (5-2)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Lackey                  6       6   3   3   3   5   1 107   7.94
B.Workman                 2       2   0   0   0   3   0  38   3.38
J.Tazawa WIN(1-0)         1       1   0   0   0   0   0  12   0.00
Totals                    9       9   3   3   3   8   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 36,492 DATE- Sunday, October 13th 2013 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- C.B. Bucknor, Todd Tichenor, Dale Scott, Bill Miller
T- 2:52
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers:10  Red Sox: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1  Red Sox: 1
DOUBLES- J.Peralta(2nd), D.Nava(1st), X.Bogaerts(1st)
HOME RUNS- M.Cabrera(3rd), S.Drew(4th)
RBIs- M.Cabrera-2(5th), J.Peralta(2nd), S.Victorino(2nd), M.Napoli(2nd),
      S.Drew-2(10th)
STOLEN BASES- O.Infante(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Ellsbury
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Avila
WALKS- T.Hunter, J.Peralta, D.Kelly, D.Pedroia-2, J.Saltalamacchia, S.Drew-2
HIT BY PITCH- P.Fielder-2
STRIKE OUTS- A.Jackson-2, T.Hunter, M.Cabrera, P.Fielder-2, V.Martinez,
             J.Peralta, J.Ellsbury, D.Ortiz-2, M.Napoli, J.Saltalamacchia-2,
             W.Middlebrooks, M.Carp
GIDP- R.Santiago, D.Ortiz
2-out RBI- S.Drew, J.Peralta, M.Napoli, S.Victorino
RLISP 2-out- V.Martinez, A.Avila-2, W.Middlebrooks-2, A.Jackson-2
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 1 for 6  Red Sox: 2 for 5
 
Shane Victorino had 2 base hits at Fenway Park as the Boston Red Sox won in
their last at-bat beating the Detroit Tigers by the count of 4 to 3.
 
The deciding run was scored by Boston in the bottom of the 9th.  After an out
was recorded, Stephen Drew drew a walk.  Xander Bogaerts stepped up next and
he doubled.  After another out, Victorino then smacked a single making Boston
the victor and beginning a joyous home town celebration.  Both teams ended up
with 9 hits on the night.  
 
The winning pitcher was Junichi Tazawa(1-0) who allowed no runs in 1 inning.
Phil Coke(0-1) was the loser in relief.  He gave up 1 run and 2 hits in 1 and
1/3 innings.