Tigers' offense stymied By Jason Beck / MLB.com
In his shortest outing of the season, Nate Robertson allowed the Red Sox three runs and 11 hits over five innings. Curtis Granderson hit a solo home run in the third, but that's all the Tigers managed off Daisuke Matsuzaka.
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Red Sox 7, Tigers 1
Daisuke Matsuzaka fanned six batters and didn't issue a walk for the first time this season. (Elise Amendola/AP)
Matsuzaka cuts up Tigers By Ian Browne / MLB.com
Daisuke Matsuzaka hurled the first complete game of his big-league career on Monday. The Japanese import allowed just one run on six hits en route to his fifth victory.
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TODAY'S WRAPS: May 14, 2007
Boston 7, Detroit 1
Today's Boxes 5/14/07
LAA 7, TEX 2
WSH 2, ATL 1
PIT 7, FLA 0
PHI 8, MIL 6
TOR 5, BAL 3
NYM 5, CHC 4
SD 7, CIN 1
KC 2, OAK 1
STL 8, LAD 4
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Standings thru 5/14/07 | Gameday | Tigers Stats | Red Sox Stats
Detroit AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Granderson , CF4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .275
Monroe , LF4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .246
Sheffield , DH4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .240
Ordonez , RF4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .341
Guillen , SS4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .320
Rodriguez , C4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .239
Casey , 1B3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .230
Perez , 2B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217
Inge , 3B3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .213
Totals 33 1 6 1 0 5 9
BATTING 2B : Ordonez (19, Matsuzaka).HR : Granderson (7, 3rd inning off Matsuzaka, 0 on, 2 out).TB : Granderson 5; Sheffield; Ordonez 2; Guillen; Rodriguez.RBI : Granderson (19).2-out RBI : Granderson.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Ordonez; Casey; Guillen.Team LOB : 5.FIELDING DP : (Guillen-Perez-Casey).
Boston AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Lugo , SS4 1 2 3 1 0 2 .265
Youkilis , 1B5 1 2 1 0 0 2 .328
Ortiz , DH5 1 2 1 0 0 2 .314
Ramirez , LF5 0 1 1 0 2 3 .248
Drew , RF4 0 0 0 0 3 1 .248
Lowell , 3B4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .318
Varitek , C3 2 2 0 1 0 2 .283
Crisp , CF4 1 2 1 0 0 2 .231
Pedroia , 2B4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .259
Totals 38 7 15 7 2 5 14
BATTING 2B : Youkilis (9, Robertson), Varitek (5, Robertson), Ortiz (15, Robertson).3B : Lugo (1, Seay).TB : Lugo 4; Youkilis 3; Ortiz 3; Ramirez; Lowell 2; Varitek 3; Crisp 2; Pedroia 2.RBI : Ortiz (33), Crisp (10), Ramirez (24), Lugo 3 (23), Youkilis (17).2-out RBI : Ortiz; Crisp.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Ramirez; Lugo; Varitek.GIDP : Crisp.Team LOB : 9.BASERUNNING SB : Lugo (12, 2nd base off Robertson/Rodriguez).FIELDING E : Drew (3, fielding).
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Robertson (L, 3-3)5.0 11 3 3 0 3 0 3.62
Byrdak 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
Seay 1.0 4 4 4 1 1 0 5.25
Boston IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Matsuzaka (W, 5-2)9.0 6 1 1 0 5 1 4.17
Pitches-strikes : Robertson 115-73, Byrdak 28-16, Seay 35-23, Matsuzaka 124-86.Ground outs-fly outs : Robertson 6-6, Byrdak 3-2, Seay 0-2, Matsuzaka 16-6.Batters faced : Robertson 25, Byrdak 7, Seay 8, Matsuzaka 33.Umpires : HP: Rob Drake. 1B: Gary Darling. 2B: Jerry Meals. 3B: Bruce Dreckman.Weather : 70 degrees, cloudy.Wind : 15 mph, Out to RF.T : 2:53.Att : 36,935.Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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