BOSTON — A little Daisuke Matsuzaka by the numbers in last night’s 7-1 victory over the Tigers.

•Dice-K did not walk a batter. He went to three-ball counts on only three hitters, two of whom (Curtis Granderson, single in the first; Carlos Guillen, single in the fourth) got hits. Neifi Perez was robbed of a hit by diving second baseman Dustin Pedroia on a 3-and-1 pitch in the fifth.

•The right-hander, who has struggled from the stretch every now and then, faced six batters with runners on base. He retired five of the six, three of them on strikeouts.

•His fastball topped out at 94 mph, a level he reached numerous times. Dice-K fanned Magglio Ordonez with a high 94-mph heater in the first, but velocity isn’t everything. Granderson clubbed a homer over the Detroit bullpen on a 94-mph fastball in the third.

•Dice-K, known as someone who pitches high in the strike zone, got 16 of 22 outs (not counting his five strikeouts) on ground balls.

•Matsuzaka gave up his fourth homer of the year. Each one has been a solo shot.

•He authored his first big-league complete game, throwing 124 pitches, his highest total for the Sox.

Batting glove experiment

The Sox’ Coco Crisp wore batting gloves at times last year to protect the fractured finger he suffered early in the season.

Generally, though, Crisp prefers to use just his bare hands to grip the bat

But in his first at-bat last night, Crisp had a batting glove on each hand. He bounced into a double play, ending the second inning. It was the first time this season Crisp had grounded into a twin killing.

In his second at-bat, Crisp came to the plate without the batting gloves.

And he won a nine-pitch battle with Detroit starter Nate Robertson, lofting a knuckleball-like single in front of center fielder Curtis Granderson, who broke back on the ball. The hit delivered Jason Varitek from second base and snapping a 1-1 tie in the fourth.

Crisp also went gloveless in his final two at-bats. He grounded out to third and singled to right in those at-bats.

“The majority of times I don’t wear gloves, but sometimes I do. I’m not superstitious. I’m fine either way,” said Crisp, electing not to be more specific about why he used the gloves in his first at-bat.

Justice is served

The throw from catcher Pudge Rodriguez beat Julio Lugo by several feet on Lugo’s stolen-base attempt in the first inning.

Lugo was so clearly out, he stopped his slide several feet shy of the bag as second baseman Neifi Perez reached out to tag him. Lugo was beyond Perez’s first stab at a tag, but as he lunged to the bag with his leg, Perez again slapped at him with his glove, which held the ball.

Perez thought he tagged Lugo and started off the field. But second-base umpire Jerry Meals called him safe, ruling Perez hadn’t touched him.

Perez and Tigers’ manager Jim Leyland argued, to no avail.

Replays, meanwhile, showed that Perez clearly tagged Lugo before the baserunner got his foot to the bag.

The replays also showed that Manny Ramirez, the batter at the time, could have been called out for interference because he walked in front of Rodriguez as the catcher was letting the ball go. Somehow the ball missed the top of Ramirez’s helmet as it left Rodriguez’s hand.

But justice was served on the next pitch, with plate umpire Rob Drake calling out Ramirez on strikes on a 3-and-2 pitch that was a borderline high strike.

A hustle double

Granderson was able to take an extra base on his hit to right field because he ran hard out of the batter’s box.

When the ball left the bat it was clearly a line-drove base hit toward the right-field corner. But Granderson wasn’t conceding himself just a single. He raced down the line, so when J.D. Drew bobbled the ball momentarily, Granderson was able to round the first-base bag and steam into second base, easily beating a belated throw.

The play was ruled a hit and an error, Drew’s third error already this season.

But Matsuzaka made sure the error didn’t hurt. He retired the next three batters on a pair of strikeouts and a popup, leaving Granderson at second.

skrasner@projo.com