October 19, 2013: Tigers 5 Red Sox 3 (ALCS tied, 3-3)

The Tigers stay alive and force a game 7 in the ALCS. The Tigers bats were alive early, with 3 singles in the 1st and two singles, a double, and a home run that led to 4 runs in the 2nd. Not surprisingly, the home run belongs to Miguel Cabrera, who now has 8 in the series. Austin Jackson added an insurance run with a solo shot in the 7th.

The Red Sox almost rallied, getting 2 runs in the 9th on a Mike Carp pinch hit HR, and loading the bases before Mike Napoli struck out to end the game. Napoli was 3 for 3 prior to that at bat.

It will be Jon Lester vs. Anibal Sanchez in the deciding game 7.

BOXSCORE: 2013 Detroit Tigers At 2013 Boston Red Sox               10/19/2013
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Jackson CF        5  2  3  1 .326     J.Ellsbury CF       5  0  1  0 .220  
  T.Hunter RF         5  1  2  1 .311     S.Victorino RF      5  0  1  0 .326  
  M.Cabrera 3B        4  1  2  3 .525     D.Pedroia 2B        5  0  1  0 .289  
  P.Fielder 1B        3  0  0  0 .270     D.Ortiz DH          4  1  1  0 .209  
  V.Martinez DH       4  0  2  0 .310     M.Napoli 1B         4  0  3  0 .333  
  J.Peralta SS        4  0  0  0 .174     D.Nava LF           3  0  0  0 .286  
  A.Avila C           3  0  1  0 .219     J.Saltalamacchia C  4  0  1  1 .342  
  O.Infante 2B        4  0  1  0 .324     S.Drew SS           4  1  2  0 .359  
  A.Dirks LF          4  1  0  0 .100     X.Bogaerts 3B       2  0  0  0 .182  
                                        A-M.Carp PH           1  1  1  2 .286  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  5 11  5                 Totals      37  3 11  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Bogaerts In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 4 0  0 0 0  1 0 0  -  5 11  1
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 2  -  3 11  0
 
Tigers (6-4)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Verlander WIN(2-0)      7       7   1   1   3   7   0 116   2.53
J.Veras                   1 1/3   3   2   2   0   1   1  27   7.36
J.Benoit SAVE(3rd)        0 2/3   1   0   0   1   2   0  19   0.00
Totals                    9      11   3   3   4  10   1
 
Red Sox (6-5)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Lackey LOSS(0-1)        5       7   4   4   2   7   1 100   7.71
F.Doubront                4       4   1   1   0   2   1  53   1.35
Totals                    9      11   5   5   2   9   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 36,752 DATE- Saturday, October 19th 2013 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- C.B. Bucknor, Todd Tichenor, Dale Scott, Bill Miller
T- 3:10
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 6  Red Sox:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 2  Red Sox: 2
ERRORS- O.Infante
DOUBLES- A.Jackson(3rd), V.Martinez(1st), S.Victorino(4th)
TRIPLES- M.Napoli(1st)
HOME RUNS- A.Jackson(1st), M.Cabrera(10th), M.Carp(1st)
RBIs- A.Jackson(2nd), T.Hunter(8th), M.Cabrera-3(17th), J.Saltalamacchia(5th),
      M.Carp-2(3rd)
WALKS- P.Fielder, A.Avila, D.Ortiz, M.Napoli, D.Nava, X.Bogaerts
STRIKE OUTS- M.Cabrera, P.Fielder-2, V.Martinez, J.Peralta, A.Avila-2,
             O.Infante, A.Dirks, J.Ellsbury-2, S.Victorino-2, D.Pedroia,
             D.Ortiz, M.Napoli, D.Nava, J.Saltalamacchia, X.Bogaerts
GIDP- P.Fielder, A.Dirks, J.Saltalamacchia, X.Bogaerts
WILD PITCHES- J.Verlander-2
2-out RBI- T.Hunter, M.Cabrera-3, J.Saltalamacchia
RLISP 2-out- J.Peralta-2, D.Ortiz, J.Saltalamacchia, S.Drew, O.Infante, D.Nava,
             M.Napoli-2
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 3 for 9  Red Sox: 2 for 9
 
Miguel Cabrera went deep and had 3 RBI as the Detroit Tigers defeated the
Boston Red Sox by the score of 5 to 3 at Fenway Park.
 
Detroit tallied 4 runs in the top of the 2nd inning with the help of 4 hits.
That early run support was all that Justin Verlander(2-0) required.  Boston
had a chance in the 9th but they came up short.  
 
Joaquin Benoit earned the save, his 3rd.  John Lackey(0-1) took the loss.  He
pitched 5 innings allowing 7 hits and 2 walks. 'He gutted it out' Jim Leyland
said of Verlander.  'I was very impressed by his tenacity.'