Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Detroit 2,
Boston 0
When: 1:35 PM ET, Thursday, August 13, 2009
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 68°
Umpires: Home - Scott Barry, 1B - Phil Cuzzi, 2B - Brian O'Nora, 3B - Jerry Crawford
Attendance: 37556
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 68°
Umpires: Home - Scott Barry, 1B - Phil Cuzzi, 2B - Brian O'Nora, 3B - Jerry Crawford
Attendance: 37556
Final Scoring Summary
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Curtis Granderson | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Placido Polanco | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Clete Thomas | LF-RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Carlos Guillen | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Magglio Ordonez | RF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Brandon Inge | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Ryan Raburn | 3B-LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Gerald Laird | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Adam Everett | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Ryan Raburn (0) | |||||||||
| TB - Miguel Cabrera, Magglio Ordonez, Ryan Raburn 5, Adam Everett | |||||||||
| RBI - Ryan Raburn 2 (0) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Ryan Raburn (0) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Placido Polanco (0), Gerald Laird (0) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Justin Verlander (W 0-0) | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Fernando Rodney (SV 0) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| HBP - Chris Woodward (by Verlander), Chris Woodward (by Verlander) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 123-83, Fernando Rodney 13-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 4-12, Fernando Rodney 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 31, Fernando Rodney 3 | ||||||||
Boston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jacoby Ellsbury | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Josh Reddick | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 |
| Victor Martinez | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Jason Bay | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .000 |
| David Ortiz | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .000 |
| Mike Lowell | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Casey Kotchman | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Nick Green | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Chris Woodward | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jacoby Ellsbury (0), Josh Reddick (0) | |||||||||
| TB - Jacoby Ellsbury 2, Josh Reddick 2, Victor Martinez 2 | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jason Bay 2 (0), David Ortiz 2 (0) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Victor Martinez (0, 2nd off Verlander/Laird) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Josh Reddick (0) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Clay Buchholz (L 0-0) | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Manny Delcarmen | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Fernando Cabrera | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Clay Buchholz 100-60, Manny Delcarmen 17-10, Fernando Cabrera 15-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Clay Buchholz 11-7, Manny Delcarmen 1-2, Fernando Cabrera 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Clay Buchholz 29, Manny Delcarmen 4, Fernando Cabrera 3 | ||||||||