April 5th, 2012 
Matt Loede 
Posted in Jon Lester matched Justin Verlander for most of the day, and the Red Sox even scored a couple runs off Jose Valverde. It wasn’t enough. Austin Jackson hit a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Detroit Tigers overcame Valverde’s blown save to beat the Red Sox 3-2 in Thursday’s opener. [...]
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