Panic in Detroit

Red Sox pitcher Alfredo Aceves walks off the field as the Tigers celebrate in the backround after he gave up a single that drove in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning that gave Detroit a 3-2 victory. The Boston Red Sox visited the Detroit Tigers for an Opening Day MLB game at Comerica Park.
(Jim Davis / Globe Staff)

Back End of the 'Pen Does Sox In
Austin Powers Tigers in Game 1 Walkoff

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Tigers Rally on Makeshift 'Pen to Beat Boston
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No Wonder Mark Melancon Didn't Fight for the Closer's Job
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If Bobby V Didn't Talk to Michael Kay Yesterday, the Sox Would Have Won
Reports: Kanye West Is Now In Love with Jenny Dell ... Developing
Hey Salty, Next Time You Want to Walk to the Mound... Don't
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Clutch Time: Don't Blame Ryan Sweeney, Pedroia
Sox Fans Could Use a Beer Right About Now
Punto Is Italian for 'Legs of Cement'

"I do hope I'm wrong, but this team has no legit ace, and now no closer, and a hapless collection of Survivor cast offs who will split time between giving up dongs and going on the DL for injuries only old stuntman should legitimately claim." -- Muldaddy

"Yeah, it did. It felt a little quick, but that�s not my job. My job is to get outs and I didn�t do that. I�m not going to think any more about that. I�m just going to continue to try to get outs and get after it." -- Mark Melancon on his memorable outing

"Jon Lester was impressive the entire time out there�. We were throwing strikes and they were throwing strikes. With a two run lead we weren�t going to give up. � It looked like we were rolling if we could have scored one more there� " -- Bobby V postmortem on NESN

"An issue is Melancon... I think they were a little stunned they didn't see a lot of swings and misses from Melancon in spring training." -- Peter Gammons on NESN after the Opening Day loss

Tigers fan takes a shot at the Sox
(Leon Halip / Getty Images)
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