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Red Sox host Tigers in opener of four-game series

May 14, 2007 - 1:19 PM Detroit (23-13) at Boston (25-11) 7:05 pm EDT

BOSTON (Ticker) - Fresh off a thrilling victory, the Boston Red Sox host the Detroit Tigers in the opener of a four-game series on Monday.

On the verge of losing the rubber game of a three-game series against Baltimore on Sunday, Boston rallied for six runs in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 6-5 victory.

Boston, which has the best record in baseball, holds an eight-game lead in the American League East. It matches their largest divisional lead since being eight games in front of the New York Yankees on September 30, 1995 - the season of their last division title.

While the Red Sox enter on a high, the Tigers are coming off their most lopsided loss of the season, a 16-4 setback at Minnesota on Sunday. But despite the loss, the Tigers still are an AL-best 9-2 in May.

Hoping to sustain the momentum created by their incredible comeback on Sunday and early season success, the Red Sox Daisuke Matsuzaka (4-2, 4.80 ERA) to the mound. The Japanese righthander, who has a personal three-game winning streak, is coming off his best outing in four starts, holding the Toronto to one run and five hits with eight strikeouts over seven innings in a 9-3 win.

Matsuzaka will need to cool the bat of Gary Sheffield, who is batting .361 (13-for-36) with four home runs and nine RBI in his last nine games. The Tigers' slugger is looking forward to his return to Fenway Park, where he is a career .325 hitter with six home runs and 26 RBI in 41 contests.

Nate Robertson (3-2, 3.43) gets the start for Detroit. The lefthander is looking to bounce back from his worst outing of the year as he surrendered six runs and 10 hits in 4 2/3 innings in 9-2 loss to Seattle on Wednesday.

Robertson is 1-2 with a 6.75 ERA in five career starts against the Red Sox.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    DETROIT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
    BOSTON 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 x 7 15 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: DET - NATE ROBERTSON, TIM BYRDAK (6TH), BOBBY SEAY (8TH) AND IVAN
    RODRIGUEZ
    BOS - DAISUKE MATSUZAKA AND JASON VARITEK

    HOME RUNS: DET - CURTIS GRANDERSON (7) OFF D

    May 14 10:00 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY KEVIN YOUKILIS SCORED JULIO LUGO.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, K YOUKILIS ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 1
    BOSTON 7 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: D ORTIZ (.317, 2-FOR-4, RBI)

    Tigers vs. Red SoxMay 14 9:43 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    TRIPLE BY JULIO LUGO SCORED JASON VARITEK, COCO CRISP AND
    DUSTIN PEDROIA.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J LUGO ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 1
    BOSTON 6 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: K YOUKILIS (.323, 1-FOR-4)

    Tigers vs. Red SoxMay 14 9:43 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MANNY RAMIREZ SCORED DAVID ORTIZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M RAMIREZ ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 1
    BOSTON 3 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J DREW (.252, 0-FOR-2)

    Tigers vs. Red SoxMay 14 8:43 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY COCO CRISP SCORED JASON VARITEK.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C CRISP ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 1
    BOSTON 2 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: D PEDROIA (.244, 0-FOR-1)

    Tigers vs. Red SoxMay 14 8:25 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY DAVID ORTIZ SCORED KEVIN YOUKILIS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D ORTIZ ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 1
    BOSTON 1 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M RAMIREZ (.248, 0-FOR-1)

    Tigers vs. Red SoxMay 14 8:00 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY CURTIS GRANDERSON (7) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT
    IN THE 3RD OFF DAISUKE MATSUZAKA.
    CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 1, BOSTON 0
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: C MONROE (.252, 0-FOR-1)

    Tigers vs. Red SoxMay 14 7:51 PM

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