Final in 11
Detroit won 3-0
| Game 1: Thursday, April 5 | ||
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| Boston | 2 | Final |
| Detroit | 3 | |
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| Game 2: Saturday, April 7 | ||
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| Boston | 0 | Final |
| Detroit | 10 | |
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| Game 3: Sunday, April 8 | ||
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| Boston | 12 | Final in 11 |
| Detroit | 13 | |
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Coverage: FOX DET
1:05 PM ET, April 8, 2012
Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
W: D. Below (2-0)
L: M. Melancon (0-2)
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Boston - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Max Scherzer pitching for Detroit | BOS | DET |
| N Punto lined out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| J Ellsbury struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| D Pedroia singled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| A Gonzalez flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Clay Buchholz pitching for Boston | BOS | DET |
| A Jackson doubled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| B Boesch flied out to left, A Jackson to third. | 0 | 0 |
| M Cabrera singled to right, A Jackson scored. | 0 | 1 |
| P Fielder singled to right, M Cabrera to second. | 0 | 1 |
| D Young struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| A Avila walked, M Cabrera to third, P Fielder to second. | 0 | 1 |
| J Peralta doubled to deep center, M Cabrera, P Fielder and A Avila scored. | 0 | 4 |
| A Dirks flied out to left. | 0 | 4 |
| 4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Max Scherzer pitching for Detroit | BOS | DET |
| D Ortiz singled to right. | 0 | 4 |
| D McDonald walked, D Ortiz to second. | 0 | 4 |
| R Sweeney fouled out to third. | 0 | 4 |
| M Aviles doubled to deep right center, D Ortiz and D McDonald scored. | 2 | 4 |
| K Shoppach hit by pitch. | 2 | 4 |
| N Punto popped out to shortstop. | 2 | 4 |
| J Ellsbury walked, M Aviles to third, K Shoppach to second. | 2 | 4 |
| D Pedroia struck out swinging. | 2 | 4 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Clay Buchholz pitching for Boston | BOS | DET |
| R Raburn hit by pitch. | 2 | 4 |
| A Jackson reached on infield single to shortstop, R Raburn to third. | 2 | 4 |
| B Boesch struck out looking. | 2 | 4 |
| M Cabrera hit sacrifice fly to center, R Raburn scored. | 2 | 5 |
| P Fielder flied out to center. | 2 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Max Scherzer pitching for Detroit | BOS | DET |
| A Gonzalez singled to right. | 2 | 5 |
| D Ortiz doubled to deep center, A Gonzalez scored. | 3 | 5 |
| D McDonald struck out swinging. | 3 | 5 |
| R Sweeney reached on infield single to shortstop, D Ortiz to third. | 3 | 5 |
| M Aviles singled to left, D Ortiz scored, R Sweeney to second. | 4 | 5 |
| K Shoppach hit by pitch, R Sweeney to third, M Aviles to second. | 4 | 5 |
| N Punto hit sacrifice fly to center, R Sweeney scored, M Aviles to third, K Shoppach to second. | 5 | 5 |
| M Aviles scored, K Shoppach to third on balk by M Scherzer. | 6 | 5 |
| J Ellsbury singled to left, K Shoppach scored. | 7 | 5 |
| C Balester relieved M Scherzer. | 7 | 5 |
| D Pedroia grounded into fielder's choice to second, J Ellsbury out at second. | 7 | 5 |
| 5 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Clay Buchholz pitching for Boston | BOS | DET |
| D Young grounded out to shortstop. | 7 | 5 |
| A Avila walked. | 7 | 5 |
| J Peralta flied out to center. | 7 | 5 |
| A Dirks grounded out to second. | 7 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Collin Balester pitching for Detroit | BOS | DET |
| A Gonzalez flied out to center. | 7 | 5 |
| D Ortiz singled to left. | 7 | 5 |
| D McDonald flied out to right. | 7 | 5 |
| R Sweeney grounded out to shortstop. | 7 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Clay Buchholz pitching for Boston | BOS | DET |
| R Raburn singled to left center. | 7 | 5 |
| A Jackson singled to left center, R Raburn to second. | 7 | 5 |
| B Boesch singled to right, R Raburn scored, A Jackson to third. | 7 | 6 |
| M Cabrera grounded into double play, third to second to first, A Jackson scored, B Boesch out at second. | 7 | 7 |
| P Fielder grounded out to shortstop. | 7 | 7 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Collin Balester pitching for Detroit | BOS | DET |
| M Aviles grounded out to third. | 7 | 7 |
| K Shoppach flied out to right. | 7 | 7 |
| N Punto grounded out to shortstop. | 7 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Vicente Padilla pitching for Boston | BOS | DET |
| V Padilla relieved C Buchholz. | 7 | 7 |
| D Young lined out to shortstop. | 7 | 7 |
| A Avila grounded out to pitcher. | 7 | 7 |
| J Peralta struck out looking. | 7 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Collin Balester pitching for Detroit | BOS | DET |
| J Ellsbury doubled to left. | 7 | 7 |
| D Pedroia flied out to right, J Ellsbury to third. | 7 | 7 |
| D Schlereth relieved C Balester. | 7 | 7 |
| A Gonzalez homered to right center (409 feet), J Ellsbury scored. | 9 | 7 |
| D Ortiz struck out swinging. | 9 | 7 |
| D McDonald flied out to left. | 9 | 7 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Vicente Padilla pitching for Boston | BOS | DET |
| A Dirks singled to right center. | 9 | 7 |
| R Raburn struck out swinging. | 9 | 7 |
| A Jackson struck out swinging. | 9 | 7 |
| B Boesch struck out swinging. | 9 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Daniel Schlereth pitching for Detroit | BOS | DET |
| R Sweeney grounded out to second. | 9 | 7 |
| M Aviles grounded out to third. | 9 | 7 |
| K Shoppach struck out swinging. | 9 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Vicente Padilla pitching for Boston | BOS | DET |
| M Cabrera grounded out to shortstop. | 9 | 7 |
| P Fielder flied out to left. | 9 | 7 |
| D Young reached on infield single to third. | 9 | 7 |
| A Avila grounded out to second. | 9 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Daniel Schlereth pitching for Detroit | BOS | DET |
| N Punto doubled to deep center. | 9 | 7 |
| J Ellsbury grounded out to first, N Punto to third. | 9 | 7 |
| B Villarreal relieved D Schlereth. | 9 | 7 |
| D Pedroia grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, N Punto out at home, D Pedroia to second. | 9 | 7 |
| P Coke relieved B Villarreal. | 9 | 7 |
| D Pedroia to third on wild pitch by P Coke. | 9 | 7 |
| A Gonzalez hit by pitch. | 9 | 7 |
| D Ortiz struck out swinging. | 9 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Vicente Padilla pitching for Boston | BOS | DET |
| J Peralta grounded out to second. | 9 | 7 |
| A Dirks grounded out to first. | 9 | 7 |
| R Raburn flied out to center. | 9 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Phil Coke pitching for Detroit | BOS | DET |
| D McDonald singled to right. | 9 | 7 |
| C Ross hit for R Sweeney. | 9 | 7 |
| C Ross singled to shallow right, D McDonald to second. | 9 | 7 |
| M Aviles sacrificed to first, D McDonald to third, C Ross to second. | 9 | 7 |
| O Dotel relieved P Coke. | 9 | 7 |
| K Shoppach struck out swinging. | 9 | 7 |
| N Punto reached on infield single to shortstop, D McDonald scored, C Ross to third. | 10 | 7 |
| J Ellsbury grounded out to pitcher. | 10 | 7 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Alfredo Aceves pitching for Boston | BOS | DET |
| C Ross in right field. | 10 | 7 |
| A Aceves relieved V Padilla. | 10 | 7 |
| A Jackson singled to right. | 10 | 7 |
| B Boesch reached on infield single to second, A Jackson to second. | 10 | 7 |
| M Cabrera homered to left (393 feet), A Jackson and B Boesch scored. | 10 | 10 |
| F Morales relieved A Aceves. | 10 | 10 |
| P Fielder struck out swinging. | 10 | 10 |
| D Young grounded out to third. | 10 | 10 |
| A Avila flied out to left. | 10 | 10 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 10th | SCORE | |
| Joaquin Benoit pitching for Detroit | BOS | DET |
| J Benoit relieved O Dotel. | 10 | 10 |
| D Pedroia walked. | 10 | 10 |
| A Gonzalez flied out to center. | 10 | 10 |
| D Ortiz flied out to center. | 10 | 10 |
| D McDonald struck out swinging. | 10 | 10 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 10th | SCORE | |
| Franklin Morales pitching for Boston | BOS | DET |
| J Peralta struck out looking. | 10 | 10 |
| D Worth hit for A Dirks. | 10 | 10 |
| D Worth singled to left. | 10 | 10 |
| R Raburn flied out to center. | 10 | 10 |
| D Worth to second on wild pitch by F Morales. | 10 | 10 |
| A Jackson struck out swinging. | 10 | 10 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 11th | SCORE | |
| Joaquin Benoit pitching for Detroit | BOS | DET |
| D Worth at second base. | 10 | 10 |
| R Raburn in left field. | 10 | 10 |
| C Ross walked. | 10 | 10 |
| M Aviles singled to right, C Ross to third. | 10 | 10 |
| J Saltalamacchia hit for K Shoppach. | 10 | 10 |
| J Saltalamacchia struck out swinging. | 10 | 10 |
| N Punto singled to left center, C Ross scored, M Aviles to third. | 11 | 10 |
| J Ellsbury struck out swinging. | 11 | 10 |
| D Pedroia singled to left, M Aviles scored, N Punto to third. | 12 | 10 |
| D Below relieved J Benoit. | 12 | 10 |
| D Pedroia stole second. | 12 | 10 |
| A Gonzalez struck out swinging. | 12 | 10 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 11th | SCORE | |
| Mark Melancon pitching for Boston | BOS | DET |
| J Saltalamacchia catching. | 12 | 10 |
| M Melancon relieved F Morales. | 12 | 10 |
| B Boesch grounded out to first. | 12 | 10 |
| M Cabrera singled to right. | 12 | 10 |
| P Fielder singled to left, M Cabrera to second. | 12 | 10 |
| M Cabrera to third on wild pitch by M Melancon. | 12 | 10 |
| D Young hit sacrifice fly to center, M Cabrera scored. | 12 | 11 |
| A Avila homered to right (361 feet), P Fielder scored. | 12 | 13 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||