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Detroit Tigers @ Boston Red Sox

2001-09-21 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 30905 · 70°F, cloudy · Wind 12 mph R to L · 2:33

Boston Red Sox defeated Detroit Tigers 5–2. Boston Red Sox put up 3 in the 5th. Casey Fossum earned the win and Ugueth Urbina picked up the save. Doug Mirabelli went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	5
BOS	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		5	11

W: Casey Fossum L: Heath Murray SV: Ugueth Urbina

Umpires — HP: Scott Higgins · 1B: Derryl Cousins · 2B: Matt Hollowell · 3B: Joe Brinkman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Macias	3	0	0	0	0	0
Damion Easley	3	0	0	0	1	1
Bobby Higginson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tony Clark	4	1	2	1	0	2
Shane Halter	4	0	0	0	0	2
Eric Munson	4	0	0	0	0	2
Deivi Cruz	2	1	0	0	1	0
Wendell Magee	3	0	1	1	0	0
Brandon Inge	2	0	0	0	0	1
Robert Fick	1	0	1	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chris Stynes	4	0	1	0	0	0
Trot Nixon	3	2	1	0	1	0
Manny Ramirez	3	1	1	2	1	0
Israel Alcantara	2	0	0	0	1	0
Calvin Pickering	4	0	3	0	0	0
Shea Hillenbrand	4	0	2	0	0	1
Lou Merloni	4	0	0	0	0	0
Darren Lewis	4	1	2	0	0	2
Doug Mirabelli	4	1	1	2	0	1
Troy O'Leary	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Heath Murray	5.0	6	3	2
Victor Santos	2.0	2	0	1
Matt Miller	0.2	2	0	0
Danny Patterson	0.1	1	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Casey Fossum	5.0	3	1	2
Tim Wakefield	3.0	1	1	3
Ugueth Urbina	1.0	1	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jose Macias: 43/G34S-
Damion Easley: K/C
Bobby Higginson: 8/F8LM

Bot 1

Chris Stynes: 63/G6MS-
Trot Nixon: W
Manny Ramirez: HR/F8LXD+.1-H
Israel Alcantara: 63/G6
Calvin Pickering: D8/L8LXD+
Shea Hillenbrand: 43/G4MS-

Top 2

Tony Clark: HR/F7LD+
Shane Halter: E5/G56S-
Eric Munson: 3/G3S.1-2
Deivi Cruz: 63/G6
Wendell Magee: 8/F78D

Bot 2

Lou Merloni: 9/P89S-
Darren Lewis: K/C
Doug Mirabelli: 53/G5

Top 3

Brandon Inge: 31/G34S-
Jose Macias: 63/G6
Damion Easley: 53/G5

Bot 3

Chris Stynes: 3/FL/P23F-
Trot Nixon: 43/G4
Manny Ramirez: 53/G5

Top 4

Bobby Higginson: 3/G3
Tony Clark: S8/G6M
Shane Halter: 64(1)3/GDP/G6M

Bot 4

Israel Alcantara: 63/G6
Calvin Pickering: S7/L78S
Shea Hillenbrand: K
Lou Merloni: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 5

Eric Munson: 8/F8LM
Deivi Cruz: W
Wendell Magee: T8/L8LD+.1-H
Brandon Inge: K
Jose Macias: 63/G6MS

Bot 5

Darren Lewis: D/L89M
Doug Mirabelli: HR/F7D+.2-H
Chris Stynes: 43/G4S-
Trot Nixon: S8/L6MD
Manny Ramirez: W.1-2
Israel Alcantara: W.2-3;1-2
Calvin Pickering: 31(B)6(1)/GDP/G34S.3-H(NR)

Top 6

Damion Easley: W
Bobby Higginson: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Tony Clark: K

Bot 6

Shea Hillenbrand: S/L89M
Lou Merloni: 64(1)/FO/G6
Darren Lewis: K
Doug Mirabelli: 8/F8RXD+

Top 7

Shane Halter: K
Eric Munson: K/C
Deivi Cruz: 63/G6S

Bot 7

Chris Stynes: S9/L34D
Trot Nixon: 36(1)/FO/G3S-
Manny Ramirez: 4/P4D-
Israel Alcantara: POCS2(1314)

Top 8

Wendell Magee: 53/G5
Robert Fick: S8/L8LS
Jose Macias: HP.1-2
Damion Easley: 64(1)3/GDP/G6+

Bot 8

Troy O'Leary: 31/G34S-
Calvin Pickering: S7/G6
Shea Hillenbrand: D/L89XD+.1-3
Lou Merloni: FC6/G6S.3XH(62);B-1
Darren Lewis: S/G56.2-3;1-2
Doug Mirabelli: K

Top 9

Bobby Higginson: D9/L9LD+
Tony Clark: K
Shane Halter: K/C
Eric Munson: K