Top 1st: Detroit
- Q. Berry struck out swinging
- D. Worth singled to shallow left
- M. Cabrera singled to shortstop, D. Worth to second
- P. Fielder singled to shallow left, D. Worth to third, M. Cabrera to second
- D. Young grounded into fielder's choice, D. Worth scored, M. Cabrera to third, P. Fielder out at second
- B. Boesch flied out to center

1 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors
Detroit 1, Boston 0  

Bottom 1st: Boston
- D. Nava flied out to center
- M. Aviles lined out to left
- A. Gonzalez struck out swinging

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors
Detroit 1, Boston 0  

Top 2nd: Detroit
- J. Peralta struck out swinging
- A. Avila singled to shallow right
- G. Laird grounded into double play shortstop to second to first, A. Avila out at second

0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors
Detroit 1, Boston 0  

Bottom 2nd: Boston
- D. Ortiz struck out swinging
- K. Youkilis lined out to shortstop
- W. Middlebrooks grounded out to shortstop

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors
Detroit 1, Boston 0  

Top 3rd: Detroit
- Q. Berry tripled to deep center
- D. Worth hit sacrifice fly to center, Q. Berry scored
- M. Cabrera doubled to deep center
- M. Cabrera to third on wild pitch
- P. Fielder grounded out to third, M. Cabrera scored
- D. Young grounded out to third

2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors
Detroit 3, Boston 0  

Bottom 3rd: Boston
- M. Byrd singled to shallow right
- K. Shoppach flied out to shallow right center
- N. Punto grounded into double play pitcher to shortstop to first, M. Byrd out at second

0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors
Detroit 3, Boston 0  

Top 4th: Detroit
- B. Boesch singled to right center
- J. Peralta flied out to right center
- A. Avila struck out swinging
- G. Laird grounded out to third

0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors
Detroit 3, Boston 0  

Bottom 4th: Boston
- D. Nava flied out to right
- M. Aviles struck out looking
- A. Gonzalez ground rule double to deep right center
- D. Ortiz homered to deep center, A. Gonzalez scored
- K. Youkilis singled to shallow right center
- W. Middlebrooks homered to left, K. Youkilis scored
- M. Byrd singled to shallow left
- K. Shoppach flied out to center

4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors
Detroit 3, Boston 4  

Top 5th: Detroit
- Q. Berry struck out swinging
- D. Worth struck out swinging
- M. Cabrera doubled to shallow right
- P. Fielder grounded out to pitcher

0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors
Detroit 3, Boston 4  

Bottom 5th: Boston
- N. Punto fouled out to first
- D. Nava doubled to shallow left
- M. Aviles grounded out to first, D. Nava to third
- A. Gonzalez struck out swinging

0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors
Detroit 3, Boston 4  

Top 6th: Detroit
- D. Young grounded out to third
- B. Boesch popped out to shortstop
- J. Peralta struck out swinging

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors
Detroit 3, Boston 4  

Bottom 6th: Boston
- D. Ortiz singled to left
- K. Youkilis flied out to center
- W. Middlebrooks flied out to right
- M. Byrd grounded into fielder's choice, D. Ortiz out at second

0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors
Detroit 3, Boston 4  

Top 7th: Detroit
- A. Avila singled to left center, A. Avila out at second
- G. Laird doubled to deep center
- Q. Berry struck out looking
- M. Albers relieved J. Lester
- A. Dirks hit for D. Worth
- A. Dirks singled
- R. Santiago ran for A. Dirks
- M. Cabrera doubled to shallow right, G. Laird scored, R. Santiago to third
- P. Fielder intentionally walked
- D. Young grounded into fielder's choice, P. Fielder out at second

1 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors
Detroit 4, Boston 4  

Bottom 7th: Boston
- R. Santiago at second
- O. Dotel relieved D. Smyly
- K. Shoppach struck out swinging
- N. Punto struck out swinging
- D. Nava walked
- M. Aviles singled to shallow right, D. Nava to second
- P. Coke relieved O. Dotel
- A. Gonzalez ground rule double to right, D. Nava scored, M. Aviles to third
- D. Ortiz grounded out to first

1 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors
Detroit 4, Boston 5  

Top 8th: Detroit
- A. Miller relieved M. Albers
- R. Sweeney in right field
- B. Boesch struck out swinging
- J. Peralta struck out swinging
- A. Avila walked
- G. Laird lined out to center

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors
Detroit 4, Boston 5  

Bottom 8th: Boston
- J. Benoit relieved P. Coke
- K. Youkilis homered to deep left
- W. Middlebrooks singled to shallow right
- M. Byrd grounded out to second, W. Middlebrooks to second
- K. Shoppach struck out swinging
- N. Punto struck out looking

1 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors
Detroit 4, Boston 6  

Top 9th: Detroit
- A. Aceves relieved A. Miller
- Q. Berry struck out swinging
- R. Santiago fouled out to first
- M. Cabrera grounded out to shortstop

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors
Detroit 4, Boston 6