Detroit Tigers vs Toronto Blue Jays
September 17, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1986 at Exhibition Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 8, Toronto Blue Jays 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 5 1 1 0
Trammell ss 5 2 3 1
Fields lf 3 1 2 0
  Herndon ph,lf 2 1 1 3
Grubb dh 3 0 0 1
Evans 1b 5 0 0 0
Coles 3b 3 2 2 0
Sheridan rf 4 0 0 0
Lemon cf 3 0 0 1
Lowry c 4 1 2 1
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 11 7
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 4 0 0 0
  Gruber ss 1 1 1 2
Mulliniks 3b 4 0 1 0
  Garcia ph 1 0 1 0
Moseby dh 5 0 0 0
Bell lf 4 1 1 1
Barfield cf 4 2 2 2
Upshaw 1b 2 1 0 0
Whitt c 4 0 2 0
Leach rf 4 1 2 1
Lee 2b 4 0 0 0
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  Musselman p 0 0 0 0
  Ward p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 10 6
Detroit 012 000 4108110
Toronto 010 101 0126100
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  W (18-8) 8.2 9 6 6 2 8
  Hernandez  SV (22) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
2
9
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy  L (14-11) 6.1 9 6 6 1 4
  Musselman   1.2 1 2 2 1 1
  Ward   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
3
5

  E–None.  2B–Detroit Fields (1,off Clancy); Coles (27,off Clancy); Trammell (32,off Ward).  HR–Detroit Herndon (7,7th inning off Musselman 2 on, 1 out), Toronto Bell (31,4th inning off Morris 0 on, 0 out); Barfield 2 (33,6th inning off Morris 0 on, 2 out,8th inning off Morris 0 on, 2 out); Gruber (5,9th inning off Morris 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Grubb (3,off Clancy).  SB–Coles (6,2nd base off Musselman/Whitt); Upshaw (20,2nd base off Morris/Lowry).  WP–Clancy (4).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–2:52.  A–30,116.
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