Boston 9 Detroit 4
AL  FINAL
                    1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9     R  H  E
                    -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -     -  -  -
BOSTON              0  0  0   0  0  1   3  5  0     9 18  0
DETROIT             3  0  0   0  1  0   0  0  0     4  8  2      (FINAL)

BATTERIES: BOS - JOHN BURKETT, CHRIS HANEY (8TH), WILLIE BANKS (8TH) AND JASON VARITEK

           DET - STEVE SPARKS, JEFF FARNSWORTH (7TH), JOSE PANIAGUA (8TH) AND
                 BRANDON INGE


            WP - JOHN BURKETT (9-3)
            LP - JEFF FARNSWORTH (2-2)
          SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: BOS - MANNY RAMIREZ (11) OFF STEVE SPARKS IN THE 7TH, 1 ON
                 TROT NIXON (12) OFF JOSE PANIAGUA IN THE 8TH, 3 ON

           DET - GEORGE LOMBARD (3) OFF JOHN BURKETT IN THE 5TH, 0 ON



     TIME: 2:57     ATT: 21,654

PROBABLES: BOS - DEREK LOWE (12-5, 2.54)
           TAM - PAUL WILSON (2-6, 4.09)

PROBABLES: DET - MARK REDMAN (5-8, 3.55)
           NYY - ANDY PETTITTE (3-3, 4.00)



Box Score
BOSTON (9) VS DETROIT (4) - FINAL

BOSTON                 ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
N Garciaparra ss        6  0  1  0   0  0   5  .299
R Sanchez 2b            5  0  1  0   1  0   1  .326
S Hillenbrand 3b        6  2  3  0   0  0   1  .306
M Ramirez dh            6  3  5  3   0  0   0  .335
J Varitek c             5  1  1  0   0  0   4  .273
B Daubach lf            3  1  3  2   2  0   0  .274
T Clark 1b              3  0  1  0   0  0   0  .219
 a-J Offerman ph-1b     1  1  1  0   0  0   1  .236
T Nixon rf              4  1  1  4   0  0   3  .257
J Damon cf              4  0  1  0   1  0   1  .299

Totals                 43  9 18  9   4  0  16

a-hit by pitch for T Clark in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - M Ramirez (10, J Farnsworth). 3B - B Daubach (1, J Farnsworth).
HR - M Ramirez (11, 7th inning off S Sparks 1 on, 1 Out), T Nixon (12, 8th
inning off J Paniagua 3 on, 2 Out). RBI - B Daubach 2 (41), M Ramirez 3 (43),
T Nixon 4 (43). 2-out RBI - T Nixon 4. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out -
N Garciaparra 4, J Varitek 2, T Nixon 1. GIDP - T Clark, N Garciaparra. Team
LOB - 14.


DETROIT                ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
G Lombard cf            4  2  3  1   0  1   0  .324
D Easley 2b             2  1  0  0   0  0   1  .175
B Higginson lf          3  1  1  0   2  0   1  .289
R Simon dh              5  0  1  2   0  0   3  .284
R Fick rf               4  0  1  0   0  1   1  .290
C Pena 1b               4  0  1  0   0  2   2  .232
C Paquette 3b           4  0  0  0   0  1   2  .197
B Inge c                4  0  0  0   0  1   2  .235
R Santiago ss           4  0  1  0   0  1   0  .243

Totals                 34  4  8  3   2  7  12

BATTING: 2B - G Lombard (5, J Burkett). HR - G Lombard (3, 5th inning off
J Burkett 0 on, 1 Out). S - G Lombard. RBI - R Simon 2 (51), G Lombard (6).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Paquette 1, R Simon 2, R Fick 1.
Team LOB - 9.

FIELDING: E - R Santiago (5, bobble); R Fick (4, throw). Outfield assists -
B Higginson (R Sanchez at 2nd base). DP: 2 (D Easley-R Santiago-C Pena,
S Sparks-D Easley-C Pena).


----------------------------------------------------
    BOSTON          - 000 001 350   --   9
    DETROIT         - 300 010 000   --   4
----------------------------------------------------

BOSTON                       ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
J Burkett (W, 9-3)            7       6   4   4   2   4   1   3.75
C Haney                         1/3   1   0   0   0   1   0   2.16
W Banks                       1 2/3   1   0   0   0   2   0   3.60

DETROIT                      ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
S Sparks                      6 1/3  10   3   3   2   0   1   6.04
J Farnsworth (L, 2-2; B, 1)   1 1/3   5   5   5   2   0   0   6.46
J Paniagua                    1 1/3   3   1   1   0   0   1   6.19

IBB - J Damon (by J Farnsworth), B Higginson (by J Burkett), B Daubach (by
J Farnsworth). BALK - J Burkett. HBP - D Easley 3 (by J Burkett 2, W Banks);
J Varitek (by S Sparks); T Nixon (by S Sparks); J Offerman (by J Farnsworth).
Pitches-strikes: J Burkett 100-63; C Haney 6-4; W Banks 23-15; S Sparks 103-65;
J Farnsworth 36-17; J Paniagua 29-18. Ground balls-fly balls: J Burkett 12-5;
C Haney 0-0; W Banks 2-1; S Sparks 11-7; J Farnsworth 3-1; J Paniagua 1-3.
Batters faced: J Burkett 31; C Haney 2; W Banks 7; S Sparks 31; J Farnsworth 12;
J Paniagua 7.

UMPIRES: HP--Chuck Meriwether. 1B--Ted Barrett. 2B--Brian Runge. 3B--Tim Mcclelland.

T--2:57. Att--21,654.
Weather: 89 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 3 mph, in
from left.