Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
June 4, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1987 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 5, Boston Red Sox 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 5 0 1 0
Heath c 5 0 0 0
Gibson lf 4 0 1 0
Trammell ss 4 2 2 1
Madlock 1b 4 2 3 2
Herndon dh 4 1 1 2
Lemon cf 4 0 0 0
Harper rf 4 0 2 0
Brookens 3b 4 0 1 0
Terrell p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 11 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Henderson cf 4 1 0 0
Barrett 2b 5 1 2 0
Boggs 3b 5 1 3 2
Rice lf 5 1 1 1
Greenwell dh 4 2 2 0
Evans rf 3 1 1 1
Buckner 1b 4 0 1 2
Gedman c 5 1 3 1
Owen ss 4 0 1 0
Hurst p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 14 7
Detroit 020 002 0105113
Boston 101 015 00x8141
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Terrell  L (4-6) 5.0 11 6 6 4 4
  Hernandez   0.2 2 2 1 1 0
  Henneman   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Thurmond   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
14
8
7
7
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hurst  W (6-4) 9.0 11 5 5 1 6
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
1
6

  E–Trammell (6), Madlock (1), Harper (1), Barrett (2).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Detroit Harper (3,off Hurst), Boston Greenwell (9,off Terrell); Evans (13,off Terrell); Rice (9,off Terrell).  3B–Boston Boggs (1,off Terrell).  HR–Detroit Herndon (3,2nd inning off Hurst 1 on, 0 out); Madlock (1,6th inning off Hurst 1 on, 1 out); Trammell (6,8th inning off Hurst 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Buckner (5,off Hernandez).  IBB–Evans (1,by Hernandez).  SB–Evans (3,2nd base off Hernandez/Heath).  WP–Terrell (1).  IBB–Hernandez (2,Evans).  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Al Clark.  T–3:05.  A–24,660.
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