Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
September 20, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1985 at Fenway Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 6, Boston Red Sox 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Trammell ss 4 1 1 0
Gibson rf 1 0 1 1
  Sanchez rf 4 1 1 0
Lemon cf 5 2 2 3
Evans 1b 3 1 0 0
Herndon lf 3 0 1 0
  Grubb ph,lf 1 0 1 2
Simmons dh 4 0 1 0
Brookens 2b,3b 4 0 0 0
Castillo 3b 3 0 0 0
  Whitaker 2b 0 0 0 0
Melvin c 2 1 1 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 9 6
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Evans rf 4 0 0 0
Boggs 3b 3 1 2 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 1 0
Rice dh 4 1 3 1
Gedman c 4 0 0 1
Armas cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Easler lf 3 0 0 0
  Lyons cf 1 0 0 0
Stapleton 2b 3 0 0 0
Hoffman ss 3 0 0 0
Hurst p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Clear p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Detroit 100 100 040690
Boston 100 001 000271
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  W (15-10) 9.0 7 2 2 1 8
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
8
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hurst  L (10-12) 7.2 6 4 4 2 10
  Crawford   0.1 3 2 2 1 0
  Clear   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
4
11

  E–Hoffman (8).  DP–Detroit 1, Boston 2.  2B–Detroit Sanchez (6,off Hurst); Grubb (5,off Crawford).  3B–Detroit Trammell (7,off Hurst).  HR–Detroit Lemon (16,4th inning off Hurst 0 on, 0 out), Boston Rice (27,6th inning off Morris 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Melvin (2,off Clear).  IBB–Evans (10,by Crawford).  SB–Gibson (26,2nd base off Hurst/Gedman).  IBB–Crawford (6,Evans).  T–2:45.  A–23,442.
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