Final
Boston leads 1-0 (as of 7/16)
| Game 1: Monday, July 16 | ||
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| Chi White Sox | 1 | Final |
| Boston | 5 | |
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| Game 2: Tuesday, July 17 | ||
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| Chi White Sox | 7 | Final |
| Boston | 5 | |
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| Game 3: Wednesday, July 18 | ||
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| Chi White Sox | 1 | Final |
| Boston | 10 | |
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| Game 4: Thursday, July 19 | ||
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| Chi White Sox | 1 | Final |
| Boston | 3 | |
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Coverage: NESN
7:10 PM ET, July 16, 2012
Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
W: V. Padilla (3-0)
L: L. Septimo (0-1)
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Chicago - Top of 1st | SCORE | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Cook pitching for Boston | CHW | BOS | |
| Alejandro De Aza | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, A De Aza grounded out to second | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Youkilis | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, K Youkilis singled to center | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Dunn | Ball, Strike (foul), A Dunn grounded out to second, K Youkilis scored on throwing error by first baseman A Gonzalez | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Konerko | Ball, P Konerko lined out to third | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | |||
| Boston - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | ||
| Dylan Axelrod pitching for Chicago | CHW | BOS | |
| Jacoby Ellsbury | Ball, Ball, J Ellsbury flied out to center | 1 | 0 |
| Carl Crawford | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (swinging), C Crawford singled to center | 1 | 0 |
| David Ortiz | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, D Ortiz singled to center, C Crawford to third | 1 | 0 |
| Adrian Gonzalez | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, A Gonzalez singled to right, C Crawford scored, D Ortiz to second | 1 | 1 |
| Cody Ross | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Foul, Ball, Strike (swinging), C Ross struck out swinging | 1 | 1 |
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia | Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), J Saltalamacchia struck out swinging | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Chicago - Top of 2nd | SCORE | ||
| Aaron Cook pitching for Boston | CHW | BOS | |
| Alex Rios | Strike (looking), A Rios flied out to center | 1 | 1 |
| A.J. Pierzynski | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), A Pierzynski singled to right | 1 | 1 |
| Dayan Viciedo | Strike (looking), D Viciedo safe at first on throwing error by pitcher A Cook, A Pierzynski to second | 1 | 1 |
| Alexei Ramirez | Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (foul), A Ramirez grounded into double play, shortstop to first, D Viciedo out at second | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | |||
| Boston - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | ||
| Dylan Axelrod pitching for Chicago | CHW | BOS | |
| Will Middlebrooks | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (looking), W Middlebrooks struck out looking | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Aviles | Ball, M Aviles grounded out to pitcher | 1 | 1 |
| Pedro Ciriaco | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), P Ciriaco doubled to deep right | 1 | 1 |
| Jacoby Ellsbury | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, J Ellsbury grounded out to first | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Chicago - Top of 3rd | SCORE | ||
| Aaron Cook pitching for Boston | CHW | BOS | |
| Gordon Beckham | Strike (looking), Ball, G Beckham grounded out to first | 1 | 1 |
| Alejandro De Aza | Ball, A De Aza grounded out to second | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Youkilis | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, K Youkilis doubled to deep center | 1 | 1 |
| Adam Dunn | Ball, Strike (foul), A Dunn grounded out to first | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Boston - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | ||
| Dylan Axelrod pitching for Chicago | CHW | BOS | |
| Carl Crawford | Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (looking), Ball, C Crawford lined out to right | 1 | 1 |
| David Ortiz | Ball, Strike (looking), D Ortiz grounded out to second | 1 | 1 |
| Adrian Gonzalez | Ball, A Gonzalez grounded out to second | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Chicago - Top of 4th | SCORE | ||
| Aaron Cook pitching for Boston | CHW | BOS | |
| Paul Konerko | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), P Konerko grounded out to shortstop | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Rios | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, A Rios grounded out to shortstop | 1 | 1 |
| A.J. Pierzynski | A Pierzynski grounded out to second | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Boston - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | ||
| Dylan Axelrod pitching for Chicago | CHW | BOS | |
| Cody Ross | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), C Ross struck out swinging | 1 | 1 |
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia | Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike (looking), J Saltalamacchia struck out looking | 1 | 1 |
| Will Middlebrooks | Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), W Middlebrooks struck out swinging | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Chicago - Top of 5th | SCORE | ||
| Aaron Cook pitching for Boston | CHW | BOS | |
| Dayan Viciedo | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), D Viciedo flied out to center | 1 | 1 |
| Alexei Ramirez | Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, A Ramirez grounded out to shortstop | 1 | 1 |
| Gordon Beckham | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (foul), G Beckham grounded out to shortstop | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Boston - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | ||
| Dylan Axelrod pitching for Chicago | CHW | BOS | |
| Mike Aviles | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Ball, M Aviles lined out to left | 1 | 1 |
| Pedro Ciriaco | Strike (bunted foul), P Ciriaco singled to left | 1 | 1 |
| Jacoby Ellsbury | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), Foul, Strike (looking), J Ellsbury struck out looking | 1 | 1 |
| Carl Crawford | Ball, C Crawford flied out to center | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Chicago - Top of 6th | SCORE | ||
| Aaron Cook pitching for Boston | CHW | BOS | |
| Alejandro De Aza | Strike (looking), A De Aza grounded out to shortstop | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Youkilis | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, K Youkilis doubled to deep right center | 1 | 1 |
| Adam Dunn | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Ball, A Dunn grounded out to shortstop, K Youkilis to third | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Konerko | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Ball, P Konerko flied out to left | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Boston - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | ||
| Dylan Axelrod pitching for Chicago | CHW | BOS | |
| David Ortiz | Strike (foul), Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), D Ortiz struck out swinging | 1 | 1 |
| Adrian Gonzalez | Strike (looking), A Gonzalez grounded out to second | 1 | 1 |
| Cody Ross | Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), C Ross doubled to center | 1 | 1 |
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia | J Saltalamacchia flied out to center | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Chicago - Top of 7th | SCORE | ||
| Aaron Cook pitching for Boston | CHW | BOS | |
| Alex Rios | Ball, Ball, A Rios flied out to right | 1 | 1 |
| A.J. Pierzynski | A Pierzynski singled to center | 1 | 1 |
| Dayan Viciedo | D Viciedo flied out to center | 1 | 1 |
| Alexei Ramirez | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), A Ramirez grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, A Pierzynski out at second | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Boston - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | ||
| Dylan Axelrod pitching for Chicago | CHW | BOS | |
| Will Middlebrooks | W Middlebrooks grounded out to third | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Aviles | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, M Aviles grounded out to shortstop | 1 | 1 |
| Pedro Ciriaco | Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (swinging), P Ciriaco reached on infield single to third, L Septimo relieved D Axelrod | 1 | 1 |
| Jacoby Ellsbury | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, J Ellsbury popped out to third | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Chicago - Top of 8th | SCORE | ||
| Vicente Padilla pitching for Boston | CHW | BOS | |
| V Padilla relieved A Cook. | 1 | 1 | |
| Gordon Beckham | Strike (foul), Strike (looking), Ball, Foul, Foul, G Beckham popped out to second | 1 | 1 |
| Alejandro De Aza | Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), Foul, A De Aza grounded out to first | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Youkilis | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), K Youkilis struck out swinging | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Boston - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | ||
| Leyson Septimo pitching for Chicago | CHW | BOS | |
| Carl Crawford | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, C Crawford walked | 1 | 1 |
| David Ortiz | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, D Ortiz walked, C Crawford to second | 1 | 1 |
| Adrian Gonzalez | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, A Gonzalez homered to left center (393 feet), C Crawford and D Ortiz scored, N Jones relieved L Septimo | 1 | 4 |
| Cody Ross | Ball, Ball, Ball, C Ross singled to center | 1 | 4 |
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia | Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Ball, C Ross to second on wild pitch by N Jones, Strike (swinging), J Saltalamacchia struck out swinging | 1 | 4 |
| Will Middlebrooks | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), W Middlebrooks grounded out to shortstop, C Ross to third | 1 | 4 |
| Mike Aviles | Ball, Ball, M Aviles singled to right, C Ross scored | 1 | 5 |
| Pedro Ciriaco | Strike (looking), M Aviles stole second, Strike (foul), P Ciriaco flied out to center | 1 | 5 |
| 4 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Chicago - Top of 9th | SCORE | ||
| Alfredo Aceves pitching for Boston | CHW | BOS | |
| D Nava in left field. | 1 | 5 | |
| A Aceves relieved V Padilla. | 1 | 5 | |
| Adam Dunn | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Ball, Foul, A Dunn popped out to third | 1 | 5 |
| Paul Konerko | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, P Konerko walked | 1 | 5 |
| Alex Rios | Strike (looking), A Rios grounded into double play, first to shortstop to pitcher, P Konerko out at second | 1 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||