October 15, 2013: Tigers 11 Red Sox 4 (Red Sox lead ALCS, 2-1)

The ALCS moves to Detroit for game 3, and the Tigers offense comes roaring back in an 11-4 win. Miguel Cabrera had a huge day, hitting 3 HR and knocking in 5 runs. The Tigers set the pace early with 4 runs in the 1st off Jon Lester, including back to back homers from Cabrera and Prince Fielder.  The Sox offense showed some life late, but it was too little too late.

BOXSCORE: 2013 Boston Red Sox At 2013 Detroit Tigers               10/15/2013
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Ellsbury CF       5  0  0  0 .147     A.Jackson CF        3  3  1  0 .258  
  S.Victorino RF      4  2  2  0 .387     T.Hunter RF         5  2  3  4 .387  
  D.Pedroia 2B        5  0  2  1 .300     M.Cabrera 3B        5  3  3  5 .519  
  D.Ortiz DH          5  1  2  1 .172     P.Fielder 1B        5  1  2  1 .231  
  M.Napoli 1B         4  1  1  0 .286     V.Martinez DH       5  0  2  0 .276  
  D.Nava LF           3  0  1  0 .304     J.Peralta LF        3  0  0  0 .188  
B-J.Saltalamacchia C  0  0  0  0 .280     O.Infante 2B        3  0  0  0 .333  
  S.Drew SS           5  0  2  1 .407     A.Avila C           4  1  1  0 .208  
  X.Bogaerts 3B       4  0  1  0 .400     H.Perez SS          4  1  2  0 .500  
  D.Ross C            3  0  1  0 .250                                          
A-J.Gomes PH,LF       0  0  0  1 .500                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      38  4 12  4                 Totals      37 11 14 10
 
A-Pinch Hit For Ross In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Nava In 8th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 2 1  -  4 12  0
Tigers.......... 4 0 1  2 0 4  0 0    - 11 14  0
 
Red Sox (5-3)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Lester LOSS(2-1)        3 1/3   9   7   7   1   3   3  73   4.19
R.Dempster                2 1/3   5   4   4   3   2   1  59  10.80
C.Breslow                 0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   3  13.50
B.Workman                 2       0   0   0   0   2   0  21   1.93
Totals                    8      14  11  11   4   7   4
 
Tigers (4-3)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
A.Sanchez WIN(2-0)        7 1/3  10   3   3   3  10   0 141   1.65
P.Coke                    0 2/3   2   1   1   1   0   0  21   9.00
R.Porcello                1       0   0   0   1   1   0  14   0.00
Totals                    9      12   4   4   5  11   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 38,414 DATE- Tuesday, October 15th 2013 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Laz Diaz, Tim Timmons, Mike Winters, Mark Wegner
T- 3:30
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox:12  Tigers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1  Tigers: 1
DOUBLES- D.Pedroia(2nd), T.Hunter(4th), P.Fielder(1st), H.Perez(1st)
HOME RUNS- M.Cabrera-3(6th), P.Fielder(3rd)
RBIs- D.Pedroia(3rd), D.Ortiz(1st), S.Drew(11th), J.Gomes(5th), T.Hunter-4(7th),
      M.Cabrera-5(10th), P.Fielder(8th)
WALKS- S.Victorino, M.Napoli, D.Nava, J.Saltalamacchia, J.Gomes, A.Jackson-2,
       J.Peralta, O.Infante
STRIKE OUTS- J.Ellsbury-3, D.Pedroia, D.Ortiz-2, D.Nava, S.Drew, X.Bogaerts,
             D.Ross-2, A.Jackson-2, M.Cabrera, P.Fielder, J.Peralta-2, H.Perez
GIDP- M.Napoli, O.Infante
BALKS- R.Dempster
WILD PITCHES- J.Lester-2
2-out RBI- J.Gomes
RLISP 2-out- O.Infante, P.Fielder, D.Pedroia, A.Avila-2, J.Ellsbury-2, S.Drew
TEAM RISP- Red Sox: 3 for 10  Tigers: 4 for 10
 
Miguel Cabrera blasted 3 homeruns and had 5 RBI and Anibal Sanchez mowed down
10 Boston batters as the Detroit Tigers topped the Boston Red Sox by a score
of 11 to 4 at Comerica Park.
 
Cabrera enjoyed a big evening at the plate.  He clubbed a two-run home run in
the 1st inning, hit a bases-empty home run in the 3rd inning and lifted one
out of the park for a two run home run in the 6th inning.  Detroit finished
with 14 hits in the victory.  
 
Sanchez(2-0) got the win allowing 3 runs in 7 and 1/3 innings. Jon Lester(2-1)
ended up with the loss.  He allowed 3 homeruns in 3 and 1/3 innings of work.
 
The Detroit fans were thrilled by the performance put forth by Sanchez, but it
was clearly his strikeouts that they enjoyed most. 'When he reached 10
strikeouts the fans showed him their appreciation with a loud cheer.' Jim
Leyland said following the game.