California Angels vs Detroit Tigers
May 13, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 13, 1987 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the California Angels 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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California Angels 7, Detroit Tigers 10

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 5 0 1 0
White rf 5 1 2 0
Downing dh 5 0 3 1
DeCinces 1b,3b 4 1 1 0
Boone c 3 1 1 0
Schofield ss 5 1 0 1
Miller lf 2 0 1 0
  Ryal ph,1b 2 2 2 4
Polidor 3b 3 0 0 0
  Jones ph,lf 0 1 0 0
McLemore 2b 5 0 1 1
Candelaria p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 12 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 5 1 1 1
Heath c 5 1 1 0
Gibson dh 2 2 0 0
Trammell ss 4 0 1 0
Herndon lf 3 1 1 3
Lemon cf 2 2 0 0
Harper rf 2 1 2 4
  Sheridan ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Coles 1b 3 1 2 0
  Bergman 1b 1 0 0 0
Brookens 3b 4 1 2 2
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Snell p 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 10 10 10
California 000 010 0337121
Detroit 405 000 01x10100
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Candelaria  L (4-1) 2.2 5 7 7 3 1
  Cook   4.1 4 2 2 1 6
  Moore   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
10
10
4
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana  W (3-2) 7.0 8 1 1 2 5
  Robinson   0.1 2 3 3 2 0
  Snell   1.0 2 3 3 2 0
  Thurmond   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
7
5

  E–McLemore (7).  DP–California 1.  2B–California White (7,off Tanana); Downing (9,off Tanana); McLemore (5,off Robinson), Detroit Herndon (3,off Candelaria); Harper (1,off Candelaria).  HR–California Ryal 2 (2,8th inning off Robinson 1 on, 1 out,9th inning off Snell 1 on, 1 out), Detroit Harper (2,3rd inning off Candelaria 1 on, 2 out); Brookens (2,3rd inning off Cook 1 on, 2 out); Whitaker (3,8th inning off Moore 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Herndon (2,off Candelaria).  SB–White (6,2nd base off Tanana/Heath).  WP–Snell (1), Thurmond (1).  BK–Robinson (2).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:51.  A–11,659.
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