Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
June 7, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 7, 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 18, Boston Red Sox 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 6 1 3 0
  Walewander 2b 0 0 0 0
Madlock dh 5 2 3 1
Gibson lf 5 1 1 1
Trammell ss 6 2 2 1
Nokes c 5 3 3 4
Sheridan cf,rf 4 1 1 1
Evans 1b 5 2 3 1
Grubb rf 2 1 0 0
  Lemon ph,cf 3 2 3 4
Brookens 3b 4 3 2 3
Petry p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 18 21 16
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Henderson cf 4 0 0 0
Barrett 2b 5 2 2 0
Boggs 3b 3 1 1 0
  Romero 3b 2 1 1 0
Baylor dh 5 1 3 3
Greenwell lf 5 0 1 0
Evans rf 4 1 1 2
Buckner 1b 5 1 3 0
Gedman c 3 1 0 0
Owen ss 4 0 2 3
Leister p 0 0 0 0
  Bolton p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 14 8
Detroit 004 203 24318210
Boston 000 500 2018141
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Petry   3.1 5 5 5 3 1
  Henneman  W (3-0) 3.1 5 2 2 1 0
  Hernandez   2.1 4 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
4
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Leister  L (0-1) 3.1 6 6 6 2 3
  Bolton   2.1 4 3 3 4 3
  Sambito   2.0 5 4 4 0 2
  Crawford   1.1 6 5 5 1 2
Totals
9.0
21
18
18
7
10

  E–Henderson (4).  DP–Detroit 1, Boston 1.  PB–Gedman (6).  2B–Detroit Trammell (8,off Bolton); Evans 2 (10,off Sambito,off Crawford); Lemon (8,off Crawford), Boston Boggs (12,off Petry); Buckner (4,off Petry); Barrett (5,off Hernandez).  3B–Detroit Whitaker (1,off Sambito), Boston Owen (2,off Petry).  HR–Detroit Nokes 2 (11,3rd inning off Leister 2 on, 2 out,9th inning off Crawford 0 on, 2 out); Lemon (6,7th inning off Sambito 1 on, 0 out); Brookens (6,8th inning off Crawford 2 on, 2 out), Boston Baylor (10,4th inning off Petry 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Sheridan (1,off Bolton).  IBB–Madlock (1,by Bolton).  SB–Whitaker (4,3rd base off Leister/Gedman).  CS–Sheridan (11,2nd base by Sambito/Gedman).  WP–Leister (1), Bolton (2).  IBB–Bolton (1,Madlock).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Dale Scott, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–3:42.  A–33,254.
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