Detroit Tigers vs Toronto Blue Jays
September 7, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1984 at Exhibition Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 7, Toronto Blue Jays 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 1 0 0
Trammell ss 6 0 1 0
Gibson rf 5 1 1 3
Parrish c 4 1 0 0
Evans dh 3 0 0 0
  Garbey ph,dh 2 0 1 0
Jones lf 3 0 1 0
  Herndon ph 0 0 0 0
  Castillo 3b 0 0 0 0
  Laga ph 1 0 1 0
  Brookens pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Lemon cf 4 1 2 1
Bergman 1b 5 2 4 3
Johnson 3b 2 0 0 0
  Grubb ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Kuntz pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Petry p 0 0 0 0
  Scherrer p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 11 7
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Garcia 2b 5 0 1 1
Collins lf 2 0 0 0
Mulliniks 3b 3 0 0 0
  Iorg 3b 2 0 0 0
Upshaw 1b 4 1 1 0
Bell rf 4 0 1 0
Aikens dh 3 1 2 2
  Johnson ph,dh 1 0 1 0
  Shepherd pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Whitt c 3 0 0 0
  Webster ph 1 0 0 0
  Martinez c 0 0 0 0
Barfield cf 4 1 1 0
Griffin ss 3 1 0 0
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Key p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Gott p 0 0 0 0
  Clark p 0 0 0 0
  Musselman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 7 3
Detroit 000 000 040 37112
Toronto 002 200 000 0470
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Petry   5.1 6 4 2 1 3
  Scherrer   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Bair   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez  W (9-2) 3.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
10.0
7
4
2
2
7
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander   7.2 6 4 4 2 5
  Key   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Jackson   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Gott   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Clark   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Musselman  L (0-1) 1.1 3 3 3 1 0
Totals
10.0
11
7
7
6
5

  E–Gibson (12), Parrish (4).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Bergman (8,off Alexander).  HR–Detroit Gibson (24,8th inning off Alexander 2 on, 2 out); Bergman (7,10th inning off Musselman 2 on, 1 out), Toronto Aikens (9,4th inning off Petry 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Whitaker (4,off Gott); Griffin (11,off Petry).  HBP–Collins (8,by Petry).  SB–Garcia (42,2nd base off Petry/Parrish).  CS–Shepherd (1,2nd base by Hernandez/Parrish).  HBP–Petry (3,Collins).  T–3:28.  A–37,420.
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