Daisuke to the rescue!
Another nice outing for Daisuke. He pitched six and two thirds scoreless innings and gave up only four hits and four walks. He struck out seven batters. He threw 108 pitches, sixty-two of them for strikes. He did load the bases with two outs in the sixth (on two base hits and a walk) but the next batter flew out to center for the third out.
Manny Del came in for an inning and a third and did much better than he had done against the Jays. He got two fly outs, two strike outs, and allowed a base hit. Okajima closed the game with a strike out, a fly out, and another strike out.
Offensively, Kevin Youkilis played really well today. In his five plate appearances, he had three hits (one of which was a double), a walk, and a sacrifice fly. Drew continues to play pretty well. He had a base hit, a strike out, and two walks. Dustin Pedroia, Jason Varitek, and Julio Lugo each had two base hits. Coco had a base hit and sacrifice fly. And then there was Manny. Manny had a double that, for some reason, he decided to try to leg it into a triple. He probably would have been out at third if it wasn't for a throwing error by Polanco. Instead, the ball ended up in Detroit's dugout and they gave Manny the base.
So that's how you win against the Tigers: You have excellent pitching to stymie their lineup, have very good defense to prevent any runs, get to their bullpen as quickly as you can, and hit the ball as often as you can because they struggle defensively.
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