Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
October 4, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 4, 1986 at Memorial Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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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Detroit Tigers 11, Baltimore Orioles 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 5 2 3 0
Trammell ss 5 2 2 1
Gibson rf 4 2 2 4
Herndon lf 3 1 2 3
Coles dh 5 0 1 0
Lemon cf 4 1 1 0
Brookens 3b 5 1 2 0
Tolman 1b 1 0 0 0
  Evans ph,1b 4 0 0 0
Heath c 4 2 2 3
Kelly p 0 0 0 0
  O'Neal p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 11 15 11
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Shelby rf 5 2 2 2
Lynn cf 3 1 1 0
  Gerhart cf 1 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 0 3 1
Murray 1b 4 0 2 0
Young lf 4 0 1 0
Traber dh 4 1 1 1
Stefero c 3 0 0 0
Jones R. 3b 2 0 1 0
  Sheets ph 1 0 0 0
  Rayford 3b 0 0 0 0
Gutierrez 2b 3 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0
Bell p 0 0 0 0
  Jones O. p 0 0 0 0
  Snell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 11 4
Detroit 060 300 00211150
Baltimore 200 001 0014111
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Kelly  W (1-2) 5.0 7 2 2 3 6
  O'Neal  SV (2) 4.0 4 2 2 0 5
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
3
11
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Bell  L (1-2) 1.2 7 6 6 1 0
  Jones   1.1 4 3 3 1 1
  Snell   6.0 4 2 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
15
11
10
3
2

  E–Murray (13).  DP–Detroit 2, Baltimore 2.  2B–Detroit Whitaker (26,off Bell); Brookens (11,off Bell); Gibson (11,off O Jones), Baltimore Lynn (13,off Kelly).  HR–Detroit Heath (4,2nd inning off Bell 2 on, 2 out); Gibson (28,2nd inning off Bell 2 on, 2 out); Herndon (8,9th inning off Snell 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Herndon (5,off Snell).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:58.  A–17,132.
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