Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
June 12, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 12, 1987 at Tiger Stadium. 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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Boston Red Sox 4, Detroit Tigers 11

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burks cf 5 1 1 0
Barrett 2b 3 1 0 0
Boggs 3b 3 1 1 0
Rice lf 5 0 2 2
Baylor dh 3 0 0 1
Evans 1b 4 0 0 0
Henderson rf 4 0 1 0
Owen ss 2 1 1 0
Gedman c 4 0 1 1
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Bolton p 0 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 3 3 1
Madlock dh 3 2 1 0
Gibson lf 4 2 1 3
Trammell ss 5 2 2 3
Nokes c 4 0 1 1
Sheridan rf,cf 4 0 1 1
Evans 1b 3 1 1 0
Lemon cf 0 0 0 0
  Herndon pr,rf 3 0 0 0
Brookens 3b 3 1 1 1
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 11 11 10
Boston 210 000 100471
Detroit 210 001 34x11110
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens  L (4-6) 6.1 8 7 7 2 4
  Bolton   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Gardner   0.1 3 4 4 0 0
  Sambito   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
11
11
2
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana  W (5-3) 9.0 7 4 4 5 5
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
5
5

  E–Boggs (5).  2B–Boston Henderson (8,off Tanana), Detroit Trammell (10,off Clemens); Sheridan (5,off Clemens).  3B–Boston Owen (3,off Tanana); Boggs (2,off Tanana).  HR–Detroit Trammell (7,7th inning off Clemens 2 on, 1 out); Brookens (7,8th inning off Gardner 0 on, 2 out); Gibson (6,8th inning off Gardner 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Baylor (3,off Tanana); Whitaker (1,off Clemens).  HBP–Boggs (1,by Tanana); Lemon (4,by Clemens); Nokes (1,by Clemens); Madlock (1,by Gardner).  SH–Brookens (4,off Clemens); Madlock (2,off Clemens).  IBB–Evans (4,by Clemens); Gibson (2,by Clemens).  SB–Burks (7,2nd base off Tanana/Nokes); Owen (1,2nd base off Tanana/Nokes); Trammell (6,3rd base off Clemens/Gedman).  WP–Clemens (3).  HBP–Clemens 2 (6,Lemon,Nokes); Gardner (1,Madlock); Tanana (4,Boggs).  IBB–Clemens 2 (4,Evans,Gibson).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:59.  A–32,341.
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