Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
August 15, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1986 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 5, Boston Red Sox 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 5 1 2 0
Trammell ss 5 0 2 1
Gibson rf 5 0 0 0
Grubb dh 5 1 2 0
Evans 1b 3 2 2 2
Coles 3b 3 1 0 0
Collins lf 4 0 1 0
Lemon cf 4 0 2 2
Heath c 3 0 0 0
  Bergman ph 0 0 0 0
  Herndon ph 1 0 0 0
  Lowry c 0 0 0 0
Terrell p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Lazorko p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 11 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 1 2 0
Barrett 2b 4 1 1 1
Rice lf 5 1 1 1
Baylor dh 3 0 0 0
Evans rf 3 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 3 1 2 0
Armas cf 4 1 1 1
  Romine cf 0 0 0 0
Gedman c 3 1 1 1
Romero ss 3 2 1 3
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 9 7
Detroit 000 012 0205110
Boston 000 080 00x891
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Terrell  L (10-9) 4.2 6 6 6 6 0
  Campbell   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Lazorko   3.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
9
8
8
7
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens  W (18-4) 7.2 10 5 5 2 6
  Sambito  SV (11) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
2
6

  E–Romero (12).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Whitaker (21,off Clemens); Grubb (8,off Clemens); Trammell (24,off Sambito), Boston Gedman (20,off Campbell).  HR–Detroit Evans (19,6th inning off Clemens 1 on, 1 out), Boston Romero (1,5th inning off Campbell 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–Gedman (9,by Terrell); Buckner (5,by Terrell).  SB–Whitaker (7,3rd base off Clemens/Gedman).  CS–Trammell (10,2nd base by Clemens/Gedman).  WP–Terrell (4).  BK–Clemens (2).  IBB–Terrell 2 (5,Gedman,Buckner).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Don Leppert, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Mark Johnson.  T–3:05.  A–35,525.
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