Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
April 21, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1986 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 5, Boston Red Sox 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 4 2 3 1
Coles 3b 4 1 2 1
Whitaker 2b 3 1 2 2
Gibson rf 4 0 0 0
Parrish c 3 0 1 1
Evans dh 4 0 0 0
Lemon cf 4 0 1 0
Bergman 1b 4 0 0 0
Trammell ss 4 1 1 0
Terrell p 0 0 0 0
  O'Neal p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Evans rf 4 0 0 0
Boggs 3b 4 1 2 1
Buckner 1b 5 1 1 0
Rice lf 5 2 3 1
Baylor dh 4 0 0 0
Armas cf 5 0 0 0
Gedman c 4 0 3 2
Barrett 2b 4 0 1 0
Romero ss 3 0 0 0
  Lyons ph 1 0 0 0
  Hoffman ss 0 0 0 0
Nipper p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 10 4
Detroit 200 020 1005102
Boston 000 021 1004101
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Terrell  W (2-1) 6.0 8 4 4 4 1
  O'Neal   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez  SV (4) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
4
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nipper  L (1-2) 7.0 9 5 5 0 7
  Crawford   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
1
8

  E–Coles (3), Trammell (5), Buckner (4).  DP–Boston 2.  2B–Detroit Collins (1,off Nipper), Boston Rice (1,off Terrell); Boggs (4,off Hernandez).  3B–Detroit Trammell (2,off Nipper).  HR–Detroit Coles (1,7th inning off Nipper 0 on, 2 out), Boston Boggs (2,6th inning off Terrell 0 on, 2 out); Rice (3,7th inning off Terrell 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Coles (4,off Nipper).  SF–Whitaker (1,off Nipper).  HBP–Collins (1,by Nipper).  HBP–Nipper (1,Collins).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–3:17.  A–30,487.
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