May 17, 2007 Tigers 8, Red Sox 7

OMG, what a game!! The game was a 4-3 Sox lead entering the 9th, and you saw what the final score was. Mr. Automatic Jonathan Papelbon is anything but today, allowing 5 Tiger runs in the 9th inning for his second blown save of the season, and the Tigers lead 8-4. The never say die Sox almost mount the comeback in the bottom of the 9th, scoring 3 and having the tying and winning runs on base with two out. David Ortiz, who was getting the game off, comes in to pinch-hit hoping to duplicate last games heroics. When the dice roll was in the 1 column (Ortiz's hot column) I thought YES!! But, it ended up a 1-12, lineoutmax, to end the game. I will put the play account in for the wild 9th so you can see it for yourself. *** TOP OF INNING 9 *** 0 S.Casey 3- 9 8 1 Double b-2 SUBSTITUTE PR- Omar Infante 0 2 M.Thames 3- 7 5 Strike Out b-0 SUBSTITUTE PH- Ivan Rodriguez 1 2 I.Rodriguez 2-10 15 3 Single 2-H b-1 1 1 B.Inge 3- 8 3 Strike Out b-0 2 1 C.Granderso 2- 3 6 3 Single 1-2 b-1 2 12 P.Polanco 1- 8 5 Single 2-H 1-3 b-2 2 23 G.Sheffield 1- 9 17 5 Home Run 3-H 2-H b-H SUBSTITUTE P - Joel Pineiro 2 M.Ordonez 1- 8 3 Fly Out b-0 *** BOTTOM OF INNING 9 *** SUBSTITUTE C - Ivan Rodriguez SUBSTITUTE 1B- Carlos Guillen SUBSTITUTE SS- Omar Infante 0 M.Ramirez 3- 8 2 Ground Out b-0 1 M.Lowell 2- 5 17 5 Double b-2 1 2 J.Varitek 6- 3 4 Fly Out b-0 2 2 E.Hinske 3- 9 5 3 Home Run 2-H b-H SUBSTITUTE PH- J.D. Drew SUBSTITUTE P - Todd Jones 2 J.Drew 2-10 4 5 Single b-1 2 1 D.Pedroia 3- 5 1 Double 1-H b-2 2 2 C.Crisp 4- 8 5 Walk b-1 SUBSTITUTE PH- David Ortiz 2 12 D.Ortiz 1-12 6 Line Out b-0

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2007 Detroit Tigers At 2007 Boston Red Sox                5/17/2007
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Granderson CF     5  2  2  1 .268     C.Crisp CF          5  0  1  0 .306  
  P.Polanco 2B        5  1  1  2 .349     A.Cora SS           5  0  2  0 .256  
  G.Sheffield DH      4  1  2  3 .276   D-D.Ortiz PH          1  0  0  0 .369  
  M.Ordonez RF        4  0  1  0 .352     K.Youkilis 1B       3  2  1  0 .289  
  C.Guillen SS,1B     4  0  0  0 .211     M.Ramirez DH        5  1  1  0 .319  
  S.Casey 1B          4  1  3  0 .286     M.Lowell 3B         5  2  3  1 .253  
A-O.Infante PR,SS     0  1  0  0 .243     J.Varitek C         4  0  1  3 .257  
  M.Thames LF         4  0  1  0 .309     E.Hinske RF         5  1  2  2 .179  
  M.Rabelo C          3  1  2  1 .219     W.Pena LF           4  0  0  0 .163  
B-I.Rodriguez PH,C    1  1  1  1 .287   C-J.Drew PH           1  1  1  0 .241  
  B.Inge 3B           4  0  0  0 .230     D.Pedroia 2B        5  0  4  1 .316  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      38  8 13  8                 Totals      43  7 16  7
 
A-Pinch Ran For Casey In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Rabelo In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Pena In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Cora In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 0 2  1 0 5  -  8 13  1
Red Sox......... 0 0 2  0 0 0  2 0 3  -  7 16  0
 
Tigers (15-25)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Durbin                  5 2/3   9   2   2   1   3   0  97   3.21
J.Grilli                  0 1/3   1   2   2   1   0   0  11   5.09
F.Rodney WIN(1-4) BS(3rd) 2 2/3   4   2   2   0   3   1  48  11.21
T.Jones SAVE(4th)         0 1/3   2   1   1   1   0   0  17   6.08
Totals                    9      16   7   7   3   6   1
 
Red Sox (20-20)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Schilling               7       8   3   3   0   4   0  95   4.45
J.Romero HOLD(1st)        0 2/3   0   0   0   2   0   0  17   2.70
J.Papelbon L(0-2) BS(2nd) 1       5   5   5   0   2   1  29   4.30
J.Pineiro                 0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.38
Totals                    9      13   8   8   2   6   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 36,967 DATE- Thursday, May 17th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 3:55
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 5  Red Sox:13
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0  Red Sox: 2
ERRORS- C.Guillen
DOUBLES- S.Casey(9th), M.Rabelo(3rd), M.Lowell-3(11th), J.Varitek(7th),
         D.Pedroia-2(15th)
TRIPLES- C.Granderson(8th)
HOME RUNS- G.Sheffield(9th), E.Hinske(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Varitek
WALKS- G.Sheffield, M.Ordonez, C.Crisp, K.Youkilis-2
STRIKE OUTS- C.Granderson-2, C.Guillen, M.Thames, B.Inge-2, C.Crisp, A.Cora,
             K.Youkilis, M.Ramirez, W.Pena-2
GIDP- C.Guillen, M.Thames
 
Gary Sheffield went yard and had 3 RBI at Fenway Park as the Detroit Tigers
won in dramatic fashion coming back to beat the Boston Red Sox by the count
of 8 to 7.
 
Detroit erupted with the game winning runs in the top of the 9th inning when
they scored 5 runs on 5 hits.  The crucial at-bat was provided by Sheffield
who helped quiet the crowd when he belted a three-run homer (his 9th of the
season).  Despite losing, Boston out-hit Detroit 16 to 13.  
 
Fernando Rodney(1-4) went 2 and 2/3 innings allowing 2 runs for the win.
Rodney got relief help from Todd Jones who gained credit for his 4th save.
The loss was charged to Jonathan Papelbon(0-2) in relief.  
 
'The only way this one could have been better', said Rodney, 'was if we had
played it at home.'

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