Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
April 9, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1986 at Tiger Stadium. 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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Boston Red Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Evans rf 5 1 2 0
Boggs 3b 6 2 4 3
Buckner 1b 5 0 2 1
Rice lf 3 0 0 0
  Lyons pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Baylor dh 5 0 0 0
Armas cf,lf 5 1 1 0
Gedman c 5 0 3 0
Barrett 2b 4 0 1 0
Hoffman ss 3 0 0 1
  Romero pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Boyd p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 13 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 4 0 1 0
Whitaker 2b 5 1 0 0
Gibson rf 5 2 3 1
Parrish c 3 0 1 0
Evans dh 5 3 4 4
Trammell ss 4 0 0 0
Laga 1b 4 0 1 0
Lemon cf 5 0 0 0
Coles 3b 3 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 1 0
  Brookens pr,3b 0 0 0 0
  Bergman ph 1 0 1 1
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  O'Neal p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 12 6
Boston 002 100 100 15131
Detroit 000 101 020 26122
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Boyd   7.0 5 2 2 2 5
  Sambito   0.1 1 2 1 0 0
  Stanley  L (0-1) 1.2 4 2 2 1 0
  Crawford   0.2 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.2
12
6
5
4
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana   5.1 7 3 3 4 2
  O'Neal   1.2 2 1 0 0 1
  Campbell   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Hernandez  W (1-0) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
10.0
13
5
4
6
4

  E–Hoffman (1), Trammell (1), Coles (1).  DP–Boston 1, Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Laga (1,off Boyd); Gibson (1,off Sambito).  3B–Detroit Gibson (1,off Boyd).  HR–Boston Boggs (1,3rd inning off Tanana 1 on, 0 out), Detroit Evans 2 (2,4th inning off Boyd 0 on, 1 out,6th inning off Boyd 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Hoffman (1,off Tanana).  IBB–Rice (1,by Campbell); Laga (1,by Crawford).  SH–Trammell (1,off Crawford).  WP–Boyd (1), Sambito (1), Tanana (1).  IBB–Crawford (1,Laga); Campbell (1,Rice).  U-HP–Nick Bremigan, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–3:37.  A–11,393.
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