August 26, 2005 Detroit Tigers at Boston Red Sox Box Score and Play by Play

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OAK 4
@BAL 1 BOS 9
DET 8 NYY 5
KCR 1 CHW 5
@SEA 3
(12) TBD 12
LAA 8 TEX 6
MIN 0 CLE 9
@TOR 3 PHI 11
@ARI 3 FLA 7
@CHC 5 HOU 2
@LAD 1 MIL 3
ATL 1 CIN 6
@PIT 1 COL 4
@SDP 3 NYM 1
@SFG 0 WSN 4
STL 1

Standings at end of play this day

Fenway Park, Attendance: 35,056

Friday, August 26, 2005, 8:07PM
Time of Game: 3:09

Tigers

61-65

Lost 3

4th, 17½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Tigers          1  0  0   4  0  0   2  1  0    8 13  1
Red Sox         0  0  3   0  2  4   0  0  X    9 10  1

W: T Wakefield (13-10), L: J Johnson (7-10), S: M Timlin (3)

Red Sox

73-53

Won 1

1st

BATTING

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
P Polanco 2B                  3   1   0   1    1   0  .335  .826   23    1   2   SF
C Shelton 1B                  5   0   0   0    0   0  .313  .903   19    6   0   
I Rodriguez C                 5   1   2   2    0   0  .288  .759   15    3   0   HR
M Ordonez RF                  5   1   2   1    0   0  .307  .839   24    4   0   HR
D Young DH                    5   0   3   0    0   0  .270  .798   15    0   0   
C Monroe LF                   4   1   0   0    1   1  .282  .783   22    3   0   
B Inge 3B                     5   1   1   2    0   2  .266  .753   21    1   1   HR
J McDonald SS                 3   1   1   0    0   0  .296  .700   12    1   1   2B
  N Logan PH                  1   1   1   0    0   0  .265  .653    8    0   0   SB
  O Infante SS                0   0   0   0    0   0  .231  .652         1   0   
C Granderson CF               4   1   3   2    0   0  .314  .979   17    4   0   HR,SB

J Johnson P                                                              0   1
  C Spurling P                                                           0   0
  J Walker P                                                             0   1
Totals                       40   8  13   8    2   3              176   24   6

BATTING

2B: J McDonald (5, off T Wakefield).

HR: M Ordonez (7, off G Gonzalez; 7th inn, 0 on, 1 out to LF); I Rodriguez (12, off G Gonzalez; 7th inn, 0 on, 1 out to LF); C Granderson (4, off T Wakefield; 4th inn, 1 on, 0 outs to RF); B Inge (11, off T Wakefield; 4th inn, 1 on, 0 outs to CF).

SF: P Polanco (3, off C Bradford).

TB: C Granderson 6; I Rodriguez 5; M Ordonez 5; B Inge 4; D Young 3; J McDonald 2; N Logan.

RBI: C Granderson 2 (9); B Inge 2 (58); I Rodriguez 2 (45); P Polanco (47); M Ordonez (37).

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 2 for 9.

FIELDING

E: J McDonald (5).

BASERUNNING

SB: N Logan (21, 3rd base off C Bradford/D Mirabelli); C Granderson (1, 2nd base off C Bradford/D Mirabelli).

Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Damon CF                    4   1   0   1    0   1  .325  .831   16    3   0   SF
T Graffanino 2B               4   3   3   1    1   0  .310  .776   17    5   1   
D Ortiz DH                    4   1   1   1    1   1  .293  .960   25    0   0   2B
M Ramirez LF                  3   0   2   3    1   0  .288  .977    9    3   0   2B
T Nixon RF                    3   0   0   2    0   0  .287  .832   15    4   0   SF
K Millar 1B                   4   0   0   0    0   2  .271  .725   16    5   0   
  J Olerud 1B                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .296  .768         2   0   
B Mueller 3B                  4   1   1   0    0   0  .299  .816    9    0   2   2B
D Mirabelli C                 3   2   1   0    1   0  .219  .682   18    5   0   2B
A Cora SS                     2   1   1   0    0   0  .222  .573    3    0   1   SH
  E Renteria PH-SS            1   0   1   0    0   0  .289  .751    2    0   0   

T Wakefield P                                                            0   0
  G Gonzalez P                                                           0   0
  C Bradford P                                                           0   0
  M Timlin P                                                             0   0
Totals                       32   9  10   8    4   4              130   27   4

BATTING

2B: M Ramirez (27, off J Johnson); D Mirabelli (4, off J Johnson); B Mueller (28, off J Johnson); D Ortiz (36, off J Johnson).

SF: J Damon (4, off J Johnson); T Nixon (5, off J Johnson).

SH: A Cora (3, off J Johnson).

TB: M Ramirez 3; T Graffanino 3; B Mueller 2; D Mirabelli 2; D Ortiz 2; E Renteria; A Cora.

RBI: M Ramirez 3 (115); T Nixon 2 (53); D Ortiz (109); T Graffanino (29); J Damon (60).

2-out RBI: M Ramirez 2.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 4 for 12.

FIELDING

PB: D Mirabelli (5).

E: K Millar (6).

PITCHING

Detroit Tigers                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Johnson, L (7-10)            5.2   9   9   9    4   3   0   4.43   31   98-57   38· 6·13    7· 9· 8· 0     14    -     1.39  -0.67
C Spurling                     1.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   3.28    4   12-10    9· 0· 1    1· 3· 0· 0          1-0    0.34   0.04
J Walker                       1     1   0   0    0   1   0   3.27    4   15-9     3· 2· 4    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.76   0.04
Totals                         8    10   9   9    4   4   0          39  125-76   50· 8·18   10·13· 8· 0          1-0

Boston Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
T Wakefield, W (13-10)         6     7   5   4    2   1   2   4.35   28  101-67   46· 5·16    3·19· 3· 0     39    -     0.96  -0.23
G Gonzalez                     0.1   3   2   2    0   0   2   5.44    4   17-11    7· 1· 3    2· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.66  -0.13
C Bradford, H (6)              1.2   2   1   1    0   1   0   2.87    7   36-27   19· 3· 5    3· 1· 2· 0          1-0    2.53   0.09
M Timlin, S (3)                1     1   0   0    0   1   0   1.93    4   15-12    9· 1· 2    0· 2· 1· 0          0-0    2.99   0.17
Totals                         9    13   8   7    2   3   4          43  169-117  81·10·26    8·24· 6· 0          1-0

Balks: None.

WP: J Johnson 2 (14); T Wakefield (7).

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Randy Marsh, 1B - Jim Wolf, 2B - Sam Holbrook, 3B - Larry Vanover.

Time of Game: 3:09.

Attendance: 35,056.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 75° F, Wind 7mph in from Leftfield, Cloudy.

LINEUPS

   Detroit Tigers                Boston Red Sox                       
1. P Polanco            2B    1. J Damon              CF 
2. C Shelton            1B    2. T Graffanino         2B 
3. I Rodriguez          C     3. D Ortiz              DH 
4. M Ordonez            RF    4. M Ramirez            LF 
5. D Young              DH    5. T Nixon              RF 
6. C Monroe             LF    6. K Millar             1B 
7. B Inge               3B    7. B Mueller            3B 
8. J McDonald           SS    8. D Mirabelli          C  
9. C Granderson         CF    9. A Cora               SS 

   J Johnson            P        T Wakefield          P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 4   0  3-1  1--  2  -18%  50% B Inge          T Wakefield     Home Run (Fly Ball); Monroe Scores
   t 4   0  3-3  -2-  6  -15%  28% C Granderson    T Wakefield     Home Run (Fly Ball); McDonald Scores
   b 5   1  5-3  1--  1   15%  45% D Ortiz         J Johnson       Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Graffanino Scores
   b 6   2  5-7  1-3  1   11%  94% M Ramirez       J Johnson       Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); Damon Scores; Graffanino Scores; Ramirez to 3B/Adv on E6 (throw)
   t 8   0  9-7  1--  6  -11%  68% C Granderson    C Bradford      Single to RF (Line Drive); Logan to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Tim Wakefield facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  3   47%  P Polanco       Reached on E3 (Ground Ball)
          1--      44%  C Shelton       Passed Ball; Polanco to 2B
   O      -2-  5   46%  " "             Flyball: RF; Polanco to 3B
   R      --3  2   41%  I Rodriguez     Single to CF (Line Drive); Polanco Scores/unER
   O      1--  8   43%  M Ordonez       Flyball: LF
          1--  3   41%  D Young         Single to 3B (Line Drive); Rodriguez to 2B
   O      12-  3   45%  C Monroe        Flyball: RF
                  1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-1, Jason Johnson facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   43%  J Damon         Flyball: CF
          ---  4   46%  T Graffanino    Single to SS (Ground Ball)
          1--      47%  D Ortiz         Wild Pitch; Graffanino to 2B
   O      -2-  6   44%  " "             Groundout: 1B unassisted; Graffanino to 3B
   O      --3  1   40%  M Ramirez       Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Ahead 1-0, Tim Wakefield facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  3   42%  B Inge          Flyball: LF
   O      ---  3   44%  J McDonald      Flyball: LF
          ---  3   43%  C Granderson    Single to CF (Ground Ball)
          1--  5   41%  P Polanco       Walk; Granderson to 2B
   O      12-  3   45%  C Shelton       Popfly: 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-1, Jason Johnson facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  3   42%  T Nixon         Popfly: 3B
   O      ---  3   41%  K Millar        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   39%  B Mueller       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Ahead 1-0, Tim Wakefield facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  2   42%  I Rodriguez     Popfly: 1B
   O      ---  5   43%  M Ordonez       Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  1   44%  D Young         Popfly: 1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-1, Jason Johnson facing 8-9-1
          ---  3   51%  D Mirabelli     Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
          -2-  1   59%  A Cora          Single to CF (Line Drive); Mirabelli to 3B
   RO     1-3  3   56%  J Damon         Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Mirabelli Scores
          1--  2   60%  T Graffanino    Single to CF (Line Drive); Cora to 2B
          12-  5   66%  D Ortiz         Walk; Cora to 3B; Graffanino to 2B
   R      123  5   75%  M Ramirez       Walk; Cora Scores; Graffanino to 3B; Ortiz to 2B
   RO     123  6   76%  T Nixon         Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF); Graffanino Scores; Ortiz to 3B
   O      1-3  7   72%  K Millar        Strikeout Swinging
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Red Sox 3.

Top of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-3, Tim Wakefield facing 6-7-8
          ---  5   68%  C Monroe        Walk
   RR     1--  2   50%  B Inge          Home Run (Fly Ball); Monroe Scores
          ---  7   43%  J McDonald      Double to LF (Fly Ball)
   RR     -2-  6   28%  C Granderson    Home Run (Fly Ball); McDonald Scores
   O      ---  4   30%  P Polanco       Popfly: 2B
   O      ---  2   31%  C Shelton       Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home)
   O      ---  1   32%  I Rodriguez     Popfly: 2B (Short RF)
                  4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Red Sox 3.

Bottom of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 3-5, Jason Johnson facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  2   29%  B Mueller       Flyball: LF
   O      ---  4   27%  D Mirabelli     Flyball: CF
   O      ---  1   26%  A Cora          Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Red Sox 3.

Top of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 5-3, Tim Wakefield facing 4-5-6
          ---  2   23%  M Ordonez       Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF)
   O      1--  3   26%  D Young         Popfly: 2B (Short RF)
          1--      24%  C Monroe        Wild Pitch; Ordonez to 2B
   O      -2-  4   27%  " "             Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home)
   O      -2-  4   30%  B Inge          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Red Sox 3.

Bottom of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 3-5, Jason Johnson facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  1   27%  J Damon         Lineout: 1B
          ---  6   30%  T Graffanino    Walk
   R      1--  1   45%  D Ortiz         Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Graffanino Scores
          -2-  2   52%  M Ramirez       Single to RF (Line Drive); Ortiz to 3B
   RO     1-3  4   53%  T Nixon         Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B; Ortiz Scores; Nixon to 1B
   O      1--  3   50%  K Millar        Lineout: LF
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Red Sox 5.

Top of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Tied 5-5, Tim Wakefield facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   53%  J McDonald      Popfly: 2B (Short CF)
   O      ---  2   56%  C Granderson    Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  8   58%  P Polanco       Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Red Sox 5.

Bottom of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Tied 5-5, Jason Johnson facing 7-8-9
          ---  2   67%  B Mueller       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
          -2-  7   70%  D Mirabelli     Walk
   O      12-  1   70%  A Cora          Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B/Sacrifice (Front of Home); Mueller to 3B; Mirabelli to 2B
   R      -23  5   80%  J Damon         Strikeout Swinging, Wild Pitch; Mueller Scores/No RBI; Mirabelli to 3B; Damon to 1B
   R      1-3  1   86%  T Graffanino    Single to CF (Ground Ball); Mirabelli Scores; Damon to 2B
   O      12-  3   84%  D Ortiz         Flyball: RF (RF Line); Damon to 3B
   RR     1-3  1   94%  M Ramirez       Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); Damon Scores; Graffanino Scores; Ramirez to 3B/Adv on E6 (throw)
                  Chris Spurling replaces Jason Johnson pitching
   O      --3  2   94%  T Nixon         Flyball: LF
                  4 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Red Sox 9.

Top of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Behind 5-9, Geremi Gonzalez facing 2-3-4
                  Geremi Gonzalez replaces Tim Wakefield pitching
   O      ---  3   95%  C Shelton       Groundout: SS-1B
   R      ---  4   91%  I Rodriguez     Home Run (Fly Ball)
   R      ---  5   84%  M Ordonez       Home Run (Fly Ball)
          ---  5   80%  D Young         Single to CF (Ground Ball)
                  Chad Bradford replaces Geremi Gonzalez pitching
   O      1--  3   85%  C Monroe        Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  8   88%  B Inge          Groundout: 3B-1B
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 7, Red Sox 9.

Bottom of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 9-7, Chris Spurling facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  3   87%  K Millar        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   86%  B Mueller       Flyball: RF
   O      ---  4   85%  D Mirabelli     Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 7, Red Sox 9.

Top of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Behind 7-9, Chad Bradford facing 8-9-1
                  John Olerud replaces Kevin Millar playing 1B batting 6th; Nook Logan pinch hits for John McDonald batting 8th
          ---  8   79%  N Logan         Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--  6   68%  C Granderson    Single to RF (Line Drive); Logan to 2B
          12-      60%  P Polanco       Logan Steals 3B; Granderson Steals 2B
   RO     -23  2   69%  " "             Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Logan Scores
   O      -2-  3   77%  C Shelton       Groundout: 2B-1B; Granderson to 3B
   O      --3  6   86%  I Rodriguez     Groundout: 3B-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 8, Red Sox 9.

Bottom of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 9-8, Jamie Walker facing 9-1-2
                  Jamie Walker replaces Chris Spurling pitching; Omar Infante replaces Nook Logan playing SS batting 8th; Edgar Renteria pinch hits for Alex Cora batting 9th
          ---  2   88%  E Renteria      Single to LF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  4   86%  J Damon         Popfly: SS (Short LF)
   O      1--  4   85%  T Graffanino    Groundout: P-1B; Renteria to 2B
   O      -2-  5   83%  D Ortiz         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 8, Red Sox 9.

Top of the 9th, Tigers Batting, Behind 8-9, Mike Timlin facing 4-5-6
                  Mike Timlin replaces Chad Bradford pitching; Edgar Renteria moves to SS
   O      ---  4   90%  M Ordonez       Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
          ---  3   82%  D Young         Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  4   92%  C Monroe        Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      1--  4  100%  B Inge          Strikeout Swinging
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 8, Red Sox 9.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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