Did you know? ALCS Game 2: BOS 6, DET 5
A look at some notable facts and figures from the Boston Red Sox's 6-5 win over the Detroit Tigers in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series at Fenway Park on Sunday.
• David Ortiz hit his first career postseason grand slam. It was the third game-tying grand slam in postseason history and the first in the eighth inning or later.
• Jarrod Saltalamacchia's walk-off single delivered the 12th walk-off win in the postseason for the Red Sox and the first since J.D. Drew's walk-off single secured a win in Game 5 of the ALCS in 2008.
• The Tigers took a 5-0 lead into the bottom of the sixth. Teams with a five-run lead in postseason games are 459-14 (.970).
• Miguel Cabrera has now reached base in 31 straight postseason games with the Tigers, extending his Major League record.
• Cabrera has 22 postseason RBIs, tying Hank Greenberg's Tigers record.
• Cabrera's eighth postseason home run tied Delmon Young's Tigers record.
• Detroit pitchers had thrown 23 scoreless innings before giving up a run in the sixth, a postseason franchise record. The Major League record for consecutive scoreless innings pitched in the postseason is 33, set by the Orioles in the 1966 World Series sweep of the Dodgers.
• Detroit is the first team in history to have a no-hitter through five innings in three consecutive postseason games.
• The Red Sox are the first team to be held hitless through five innings in consecutive postseason games, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
• Prince Fielder's double in the sixth inning was his first extra-base hit in the postseason since Game 4 of the 2012 ALDS, spanning 61 at-bats.
• Detroit set a postseason franchise record with four extra-base hits in the sixth inning.
• Detroit's starting pitchers have recorded more than 10 strikeouts in three consecutive postseason games, a Major League record.
• Max Scherzer is the third pitcher in history to record at least 11 strikeouts in back-to-back postseason starts, joining Justin Verlander and Cliff Lee.