Detroit Tigers vs Toronto Blue Jays
September 4, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1983 at Exhibition Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 3, Toronto Blue Jays 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 5 0 0 0
Trammell ss 3 2 3 1
Herndon lf 4 0 1 1
Parrish c 4 0 1 0
Wilson rf 4 0 1 0
  Leach ph 0 0 0 0
  Jones pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Cabell 1b 5 0 1 0
Lemon cf 5 0 0 0
Gibson dh 3 1 1 1
Brookens 3b 3 0 0 0
  Krenchicki ph 1 0 0 0
  Castillo 3b 0 0 0 0
Abbott p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 8 3
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 5 0 0 0
Mulliniks 3b 5 1 2 1
Moseby cf 5 1 4 0
Upshaw 1b 4 1 1 0
Orta dh 3 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Whitt c 5 2 2 4
Barfield rf 3 0 0 0
Garcia 2b 4 1 2 0
Griffin ss 2 0 0 0
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 11 5
Detroit 000 001 110 0381
Toronto 100 010 100 36110
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Abbott   7.2 7 3 2 1 2
  Bailey   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Lopez  L (9-8) 2.0 3 3 3 2 2
Totals
9.2
11
6
5
3
4
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb  W (14-11) 10.0 8 3 3 5 11
Totals
10.0
8
3
3
5
11

  E–Lemon (4).  DP–Detroit 1, Toronto 1.  2B–Detroit Cabell (22,off Stieb); Wilson (24,off Stieb), Toronto Mulliniks (31,off Abbott); Garcia 2 (20,off Abbott,off Lopez); Moseby (28,off Lopez).  HR–Detroit Trammell (14,6th inning off Stieb 0 on, 0 out); Gibson (12,7th inning off Stieb 0 on, 1 out), Toronto Mulliniks (8,1st inning off Abbott 0 on, 1 out); Whitt 2 (15,7th inning off Abbott 0 on, 0 out,10th inning off Lopez 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Leach (1,by Stieb).  IBB–Parrish (7,by Stieb); Upshaw (7,by Lopez).  SH–Griffin (9,off Abbott).  SB–Trammell 2 (21,2nd base off Stieb/Whitt 2); Moseby (26,2nd base off Abbott/Parrish); Garcia (28,3rd base off Lopez/Parrish).  HBP–Stieb (12,Leach).  IBB–Lopez (6,Upshaw); Stieb (6,Parrish).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:53.  A–43,158.
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