Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
June 5, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1987 at Fenway Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 4, Boston Red Sox 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 3 0 1 0
Madlock dh 4 0 0 0
Gibson lf 4 0 0 0
Trammell ss 4 1 2 0
Nokes c 4 0 0 0
Sheridan rf 4 2 2 1
Evans 1b 3 1 1 1
Lemon cf 4 0 1 1
Brookens 3b 4 0 0 0
Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Henderson cf 4 1 1 1
Barrett 2b 4 0 1 1
Boggs 3b 3 0 1 0
Rice lf 2 0 1 0
Greenwell dh 4 0 0 0
Evans rf 4 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0
Gedman c 3 0 0 0
  Romero ph 1 0 0 0
Owen ss 3 1 1 0
  Baylor ph 1 0 0 0
Nipper p 0 0 0 0
  Schiraldi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Detroit 000 020 101470
Boston 000 020 000261
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson  W (4-2) 7.2 5 2 2 3 6
  Henneman   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  King  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nipper  L (4-5) 7.0 6 3 3 1 6
  Schiraldi   2.0 1 1 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
2
9

  E–Gedman (4).  PB–Gedman (3).  2B–Detroit Trammell (7,off Nipper); Evans (8,off Nipper), Boston Henderson (6,off Robinson); Barrett (4,off Robinson).  HR–Detroit Sheridan (3,7th inning off Nipper 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Evans (3,by Schiraldi); Boggs (10,by Robinson).  HBP–Rice (5,by Robinson).  SB–Sheridan 2 (8,2nd base off Schiraldi/Gedman,3rd base off Schiraldi/Gedman); Evans (1,2nd base off Schiraldi/Gedman).  WP–Robinson (1).  HBP–Robinson (1,Rice).  IBB–Robinson (1,Boggs); Schiraldi (3,Evans).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–3:06.  A–33,827.
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