Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers, April 23, 2019 (Game 1)
April 23, 2019, 1:10 PM ET | Fenway Park
Starting Pitchers
Detroit Tigers
Recorded starter
Boston Red Sox
Recorded starter
Season Comparison
2019Detroit TigersBoston Red Sox
.682
OPS.806
149
HR245
582
Runs901
5.24
ERA4.70
1.46
WHIP1.38
1368
Strikeouts by pitchers1633
Lower is better for ERA and WHIP; bars show each value against the larger of the two.
Top Performers
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Boston Red Sox, MLBDB pick
Boston Red Sox, MLBDB pick
Detroit Tigers, MLBDB pick
Box Score
Batting
Ronny Rodríguez led Detroit Tigers with 3 hits and 1 home run and 2 RBI.
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeimer Candelario3B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Nick CastellanosDH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Miguel Cabrera1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon DixonPR/1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Niko GoodrumRF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Dustin PetersonLF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ronny RodríguezSS | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Josh Harrison2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Grayson GreinerC | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| JaCoby JonesCF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 2 |
Xander Bogaerts led Boston Red Sox with 2 hits and 2 home runs and 2 RBI.
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew BenintendiLF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mookie BettsCF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.D. MartinezRF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Xander BogaertsSS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Steve Pearce1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mitch MorelandPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Chavis3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Christian VázquezDH/C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tzu-Wei Lin2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sandy LeónC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael DeversPH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby PoynerP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Pitching
Matthew Boyd went 7.0 innings for Detroit Tigers (3 SO, 3 ER); Chris Sale went 5.0 innings for Boston Red Sox (10 SO, 2 ER).
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Tigers | |||||||
| Matthew Boyd | 7.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Daniel Stumpf | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Victor Alcántara | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew VerHagen | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Boston Red Sox | |||||||
| Chris Sale | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| Heath Hembree | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler Thornburg | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Colten Brewer | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Poyner | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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- at-bats
- R
- runs
- H
- hits
- RBI
- runs batted in
- BB
- walks
- SO
- strikeouts
- HR
- home runs
- IP
- innings pitched
- ER
- earned runs
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