California Angels vs Detroit Tigers
May 17, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1986 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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California Angels 4, Detroit Tigers 10

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Burleson dh 5 0 1 0
Joyner 1b 5 1 1 0
Downing lf 3 1 0 0
DeCinces 3b 5 1 1 3
Hendrick rf 3 0 0 0
Grich 2b 5 0 1 0
Schofield ss 3 1 1 0
Pettis cf 4 0 3 0
Boone c 3 0 1 1
Slaton p 0 0 0 0
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
  Corbett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 5 2 3 3
Trammell ss 5 1 1 1
Grubb rf 3 1 1 1
  Herndon ph,lf 1 1 1 2
Parrish c 4 0 1 1
Evans dh 3 1 1 1
Coles 3b 3 0 0 0
Bergman 1b 4 1 2 0
Lemon cf 4 1 1 0
Collins lf 1 1 1 0
  Sheridan rf 1 1 1 1
LaPoint p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 10 13 10
California 300 000 010490
Detroit 200 020 33x10131
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Slaton  L (4-2) 6.0 7 5 5 3 1
  Forster   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Corbett   1.1 5 4 4 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
10
10
3
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
LaPoint  W (1-2) 7.0 6 3 3 4 2
  Hernandez   2.0 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
5
3

  E–Bergman (1).  2B–Detroit Bergman (1,off Slaton); Whitaker (10,off Corbett).  3B–Detroit Grubb (1,off Slaton).  HR–California DeCinces (5,1st inning off LaPoint 2 on, 1 out), Detroit Whitaker (2,5th inning off Slaton 1 on, 1 out); Herndon (1,7th inning off Corbett 1 on, 2 out); Evans (8,8th inning off Corbett 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Boone (5,off LaPoint); Collins (2,off Forster).  CS–Collins (3,2nd base by Slaton/Boone).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Dale Scott, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:58.  A–28,709.
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