Final
Boston leads 1-0 (as of 7/30)
| Game 1: Monday, July 30 | ||
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| Detroit | 3 | Final |
| Boston | 7 | |
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| Game 2: Tuesday, July 31 | ||
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| Detroit | 1 | Final in 6 |
| Boston | 4 | |
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| Game 3: Wednesday, August 1 | ||
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| Detroit | 7 | Final |
| Boston | 5 | |
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Coverage: NESN
7:10 PM ET, July 30, 2012
Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
W: C. Buchholz (9-3)
L: M. Scherzer (10-6)
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Detroit - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Clay Buchholz pitching for Boston | DET | BOS |
| A Jackson homered to left center (414 feet). | 1 | 0 |
| Q Berry doubled to center. | 1 | 0 |
| M Cabrera grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 0 |
| P Fielder struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| D Young grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Max Scherzer pitching for Detroit | DET | BOS |
| J Ellsbury walked. | 1 | 0 |
| C Crawford tripled to center, J Ellsbury scored. | 1 | 1 |
| D Pedroia grounded out to shortstop, C Crawford scored. | 1 | 2 |
| A Gonzalez struck out swinging. | 1 | 2 |
| W Middlebrooks struck out looking. | 1 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Clay Buchholz pitching for Boston | DET | BOS |
| B Boesch flied out to left. | 1 | 2 |
| J Peralta grounded out to second. | 1 | 2 |
| A Avila grounded out to second. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Max Scherzer pitching for Detroit | DET | BOS |
| J Saltalamacchia safe at first on throwing error by second baseman O Infante. | 1 | 2 |
| J Saltalamacchia caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. | 1 | 2 |
| R Sweeney lined out to right. | 1 | 2 |
| K Shoppach struck out looking. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Clay Buchholz pitching for Boston | DET | BOS |
| O Infante tripled to center. | 1 | 2 |
| A Jackson walked. | 1 | 2 |
| Q Berry popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 2 |
| M Cabrera singled to center, O Infante scored, A Jackson to second. | 2 | 2 |
| P Fielder walked, A Jackson to third, M Cabrera to second. | 2 | 2 |
| D Young grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, P Fielder out at second. | 2 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Max Scherzer pitching for Detroit | DET | BOS |
| P Ciriaco singled to left. | 2 | 2 |
| J Ellsbury grounded into fielder's choice to third, P Ciriaco out at second. | 2 | 2 |
| C Crawford grounded out to second, J Ellsbury to second. | 2 | 2 |
| D Pedroia popped out to shortstop. | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Clay Buchholz pitching for Boston | DET | BOS |
| B Boesch grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 2 |
| J Peralta grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 2 |
| A Avila grounded out to second. | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Max Scherzer pitching for Detroit | DET | BOS |
| A Gonzalez grounded out to second. | 2 | 2 |
| W Middlebrooks struck out swinging. | 2 | 2 |
| J Saltalamacchia singled to right. | 2 | 2 |
| R Sweeney popped out to third. | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Clay Buchholz pitching for Boston | DET | BOS |
| O Infante flied out to center. | 2 | 2 |
| A Jackson flied out to left. | 2 | 2 |
| Q Berry struck out looking. | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Max Scherzer pitching for Detroit | DET | BOS |
| K Shoppach struck out swinging. | 2 | 2 |
| P Ciriaco struck out swinging. | 2 | 2 |
| J Ellsbury grounded out to second. | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Clay Buchholz pitching for Boston | DET | BOS |
| M Cabrera lined out to third. | 2 | 2 |
| P Fielder grounded out to second. | 2 | 2 |
| D Young flied out to center. | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Max Scherzer pitching for Detroit | DET | BOS |
| C Crawford walked. | 2 | 2 |
| D Pedroia homered to left (361 feet), C Crawford scored. | 2 | 4 |
| A Gonzalez singled to center. | 2 | 4 |
| W Middlebrooks struck out swinging. | 2 | 4 |
| J Saltalamacchia struck out swinging. | 2 | 4 |
| R Sweeney struck out swinging. | 2 | 4 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Clay Buchholz pitching for Boston | DET | BOS |
| B Boesch struck out swinging, B Boesch safe at on error by player player, B Boesch to first on throwing error by catcher K Shoppach. | 2 | 4 |
| J Peralta struck out swinging. | 2 | 4 |
| A Avila doubled to deep center, B Boesch scored. | 3 | 4 |
| O Infante popped out to second. | 3 | 4 |
| A Jackson lined out to right. | 3 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Max Scherzer pitching for Detroit | DET | BOS |
| K Shoppach tripled to deep center. | 3 | 4 |
| P Ciriaco flied out to left. | 3 | 4 |
| J Ellsbury singled to right, K Shoppach scored. | 3 | 5 |
| P Coke relieved M Scherzer. | 3 | 5 |
| C Crawford grounded out to second, J Ellsbury to second. | 3 | 5 |
| J Ellsbury stole third. | 3 | 5 |
| D Pedroia grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Clay Buchholz pitching for Boston | DET | BOS |
| Q Berry lined out to center. | 3 | 5 |
| M Cabrera grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 5 |
| P Fielder grounded out to first. | 3 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Phil Coke pitching for Detroit | DET | BOS |
| A Gonzalez singled to right. | 3 | 5 |
| W Middlebrooks homered to left (403 feet), A Gonzalez scored. | 3 | 7 |
| J Saltalamacchia singled to left. | 3 | 7 |
| R Sweeney grounded out to second, J Saltalamacchia to second. | 3 | 7 |
| O Dotel relieved P Coke. | 3 | 7 |
| K Shoppach flied out to left. | 3 | 7 |
| P Ciriaco flied out to left. | 3 | 7 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Vicente Padilla pitching for Boston | DET | BOS |
| V Padilla relieved C Buchholz. | 3 | 7 |
| C Ross in right field. | 3 | 7 |
| D Young walked. | 3 | 7 |
| B Boesch singled to left center, D Young to second. | 3 | 7 |
| J Peralta grounded into double play, shortstop to first, B Boesch out at second, D Young to third. | 3 | 7 |
| A Avila struck out swinging. | 3 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||