Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
April 18, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1987 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox 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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Chicago White Sox 2, Detroit Tigers 3

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Redus lf 4 1 1 0
Hill 2b 4 1 1 2
Walker 1b 4 0 0 0
Hassey dh 4 0 2 0
Fisk c 4 0 2 0
  Karkovice pr,c 0 0 0 0
Boston cf 3 0 2 0
Lyons rf 4 0 0 0
Hulett 3b 4 0 0 0
Guillen ss 3 0 1 0
Allen p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Winn p 0 0 0 0
  Searage p 0 0 0 0
  Thigpen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 1 2 0
Sheridan rf 3 0 1 0
Nokes c 3 1 1 0
  Mercado c 0 0 0 0
Evans dh 3 0 0 0
Grubb lf 1 0 0 1
  Herndon ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Coles 3b 3 0 0 1
Bergman 1b 4 1 1 1
Lemon cf 4 0 1 0
Brookens ss 4 0 2 0
Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 8 3
Chicago 000 000 200290
Detroit 200 000 01x380
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Allen   0.1 2 2 2 2 0
  Davis   4.1 3 0 0 3 3
  Winn   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Searage   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Thigpen  L (0-1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
5
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson   7.0 6 2 2 4 3
  King  W (1-0) 2.0 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
4
3

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1, Detroit 1.  2B–Chicago Hassey 2 (3,off Robinson 2), Detroit Whitaker (3,off Allen); Brookens (1,off Winn).  HR–Chicago Hill (1,7th inning off Robinson 1 on, 2 out), Detroit Bergman (1,8th inning off Thigpen 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Coles (1,off Davis).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:52.  A–20,607.
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