New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
August 8, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1987 at Tiger Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 7, Detroit Tigers 0

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Cotto cf 5 0 1 2
Ward lf 5 1 1 1
Mattingly 1b 4 1 1 1
Winfield dh 4 0 0 0
Pagliarulo 3b 4 1 1 0
Pasqua rf 4 1 1 2
Cerone c 4 2 2 1
Meacham 2b 2 1 1 0
Tolleson ss 3 0 0 0
John p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 8 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 3 0 0 0
Madlock dh 4 0 0 0
Gibson lf 3 0 0 0
Trammell ss 2 0 0 0
Herndon rf 3 0 1 0
Morrison 3b 3 0 1 0
Evans 1b 3 0 0 0
Lemon cf 3 0 0 0
Nokes c 3 0 0 0
King p 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 0 2 0
New York 031 010 002780
Detroit 000 000 000022
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
John  W (11-4) 9.0 2 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
1
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
King  L (5-8) 4.2 5 5 5 3 3
  Thurmond   4.1 3 2 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
7
6
4
3

  E–Morrison 2 (2).  DP–New York 2.  2B–New York Pagliarulo (16,off King); Cotto (9,off Thurmond).  HR–New York Pasqua (10,2nd inning off King 1 on, 1 out); Cerone (3,2nd inning off King 0 on, 1 out); Ward (14,3rd inning off King 0 on, 0 out); Mattingly (19,5th inning off King 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Meacham (2,by King); Whitaker (1,by John).  CS–Meacham (3,2nd base by King/Nokes).  HBP–John (5,Whitaker); King (3,Meacham).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:37.  A–45,812.
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