Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
June 6, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 6, 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 5, Boston Red Sox 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 7 1 1 0
Madlock 3b,1b 5 1 2 0
Gibson lf 5 1 1 0
Trammell ss 5 1 3 0
Nokes c 4 0 1 1
  Heath ph,c 2 0 1 2
Sheridan cf,rf 6 0 1 0
Evans dh 5 1 1 0
  Walewander pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Herndon ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Bergman 1b 2 0 0 0
  Brookens pr,3b 3 0 0 0
Grubb rf 3 0 0 1
  Lemon cf 2 0 0 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 5 11 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Henderson cf 7 1 2 0
Barrett 2b 4 0 2 0
Boggs 3b 5 1 1 2
Rice lf 5 1 1 0
Baylor dh 5 0 0 0
Evans rf 6 0 1 1
Buckner 1b 6 0 2 0
Owen ss 5 0 0 0
Gedman c 2 0 0 0
  Romero ph 0 0 0 0
  Greenwell ph 1 0 0 0
  Sullivan c 2 0 0 0
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Schiraldi p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 3 9 3
Detroit 010 010 010 000 025110
Boston 200 000 010 000 00391
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana   7.1 7 3 3 1 6
  Henneman   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  King  W (3-4) 5.2 1 0 0 2 4
Totals
14.0
9
3
3
3
10
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens   9.0 5 3 2 7 7
  Schiraldi   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Sambito   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Gardner  L (0-3) 2.1 4 2 2 1 0
Totals
14.0
11
5
4
10
9

  E–Barrett (3).  DP–Boston 1.  PB–Gedman 2 (5).  2B–Detroit Madlock (1,off Sambito), Boston Henderson (7,off Tanana).  HR–Boston Boggs (10,1st inning off Tanana 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Madlock (1,off Gardner); Barrett 2 (7,off Tanana 2); Boggs (1,off King).  IBB–Trammell 2 (4,by Clemens,by Sambito); Gibson (1,by Gardner); Rice (1,by King).  HBP–Baylor (11,by Tanana).  SB–Madlock (1,2nd base off Clemens/Gedman); Gibson (9,2nd base off Schiraldi/Sullivan).  CS–Sheridan (10,2nd base by Clemens/Gedman).  WP–Henneman (1), Clemens (2).  HBP–Tanana (3,Baylor).  IBB–King (5,Rice); Clemens (2,Trammell); Sambito (1,Trammell); Gardner (4,Gibson).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Dale Scott, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–4:51.  A–33,902.
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