Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
June 21, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 1987 at Memorial Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 9, Baltimore Orioles 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 0 1 0
Evans 1b 5 1 2 1
Gibson lf 4 1 2 2
Trammell ss 5 1 2 0
Nokes c 5 2 2 2
Sheridan rf 4 1 2 1
Grubb dh 5 0 0 0
Lemon cf 5 2 2 3
Brookens 3b 5 1 2 0
Petry p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 9 15 9
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Gerhart cf 2 0 1 0
Wiggins 2b 4 0 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 2 0 0 1
Murray 1b 4 0 0 0
Sheets lf 3 1 1 1
Knight 3b 3 0 0 0
Lacy rf 4 1 1 1
Young dh 3 0 0 0
Van Gorder c 2 1 1 0
  Kennedy ph,c 2 0 0 0
Dixon p 0 0 0 0
  Habyan p 0 0 0 0
  Arnold p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 5 3
Detroit 004 100 0229150
Baltimore 001 000 110350
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Petry  W (4-4) 6.0 3 1 1 5 2
  King  SV (5) 3.0 2 2 2 1 4
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
6
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Dixon  L (3-7) 3.2 7 5 5 2 1
  Habyan   4.0 5 2 2 1 2
  Arnold   1.1 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
9
9
3
3

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 2.  PB–Nokes (2).  2B–Detroit Whitaker (11,off Dixon); Brookens (9,off Dixon); Evans (12,off Dixon); Sheridan 2 (7,off Habyan,off Arnold); Gibson (11,off Arnold); Nokes (6,off Arnold).  HR–Detroit Gibson (8,3rd inning off Dixon 1 on, 2 out); Nokes (14,3rd inning off Dixon 1 on, 2 out); Lemon 2 (9,4th inning off Dixon 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Habyan 0 on, 0 out); Evans (11,8th inning off Habyan 0 on, 2 out), Baltimore Lacy (4,7th inning off King 0 on, 0 out); Sheets (13,8th inning off King 0 on, 2 out).  SF–C Ripken (3,off Petry).  SB–Trammell (7,2nd base off Habyan/Van Gorder); Wiggins 2 (13,2nd base off Petry/Nokes,3rd base off Petry/Nokes).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–3:05.  A–28,845.
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