Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers
September 24, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1986 at Tiger Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Detroit Tigers 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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Toronto Blue Jays 8, Detroit Tigers 2

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 4 1 1 1
  Lee ss 1 0 0 0
Iorg 2b 4 1 2 1
Mulliniks 3b 4 2 2 0
Bell lf 4 1 1 2
Barfield rf 3 1 0 0
Whitt c 4 0 0 0
Leach dh 3 0 0 1
Fielder 1b 4 1 1 3
Shepherd cf 4 1 1 0
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Musselman p 0 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 8 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 5 0 2 0
Trammell ss 2 0 0 0
  Baker ss 2 1 1 0
Gibson rf 4 0 0 0
Grubb dh 3 0 1 0
  Tolman ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Evans 1b 4 1 1 0
Coles 3b 4 0 1 2
Fields lf 4 0 0 0
Sheridan cf 2 0 2 0
Nokes c 4 0 0 0
Petry p 0 0 0 0
  O'Neal p 0 0 0 0
  Slaton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Toronto 610 100 000881
Detroit 000 002 000282
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb  W (7-11) 7.0 7 2 2 1 6
  Musselman   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Caudill   1.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
4
8
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Petry  L (5-9) 0.2 3 6 1 1 0
  O'Neal   6.1 5 2 2 0 2
  Slaton   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
8
3
1
2

  E–Fernandez (11), Trammell (22), Fields (1).  DP–Toronto 1, Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Evans (15,off Stieb); Whitaker (24,off Caudill).  HR–Toronto Fernandez (9,1st inning off Petry 0 on, 0 out); Fielder (4,1st inning off Petry 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Leach (7,off Petry).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–2:29.  A–15,069.
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