Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox
August 12, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1987 at Comiskey Park I. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 8, Chicago White Sox 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 5 1 1 0
Madlock 1b 4 2 3 1
  Bergman 1b 1 0 0 0
Gibson lf 4 1 2 2
Trammell ss 4 1 1 1
Herndon dh 2 0 1 1
  Evans ph,dh 2 0 1 1
Morrison 3b 4 0 0 0
  Brookens 3b 1 0 1 0
  Walewander pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Lemon cf 2 0 2 0
  Sheridan cf 3 1 2 0
Tolman rf 4 1 1 0
Heath c 2 0 0 0
  Nokes ph,c 3 0 1 1
Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 8 16 7
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Guillen ss 5 0 2 1
Redus lf,cf 5 0 1 0
Baines dh 5 0 1 0
Calderon rf 5 0 0 0
Hassey c 3 0 0 0
  Royster ph,2b 1 1 0 0
Walker 1b 3 3 2 0
Lyons 3b 2 1 1 0
Williams cf 3 1 3 2
  Hairston ph,lf 0 0 0 1
Manrique 2b 2 1 1 3
  Fisk ph,c 1 0 0 0
LaPoint p 0 0 0 0
  Winn p 0 0 0 0
  Searage p 0 0 0 0
  Thigpen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 11 7
Detroit 000 024 0118160
Chicago 041 000 0207110
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson   3.0 7 5 5 3 1
  Thurmond   4.0 2 0 0 1 1
  King   0.1 2 2 2 2 1
  Hernandez  W (2-2) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
6
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
LaPoint   5.0 9 4 4 3 3
  Winn   0.2 1 2 2 2 0
  Searage   2.1 3 1 1 0 3
  Thigpen  L (3-4) 1.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
8
8
5
7

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Detroit Lemon (19,off LaPoint); Madlock (6,off LaPoint); Tolman (1,off Searage), Chicago Williams (13,off Thurmond).  HR–Detroit Trammell (19,8th inning off Searage 0 on, 2 out), Chicago Manrique (2,2nd inning off Robinson 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Gibson (1,off LaPoint).  SB–Guillen (18,2nd base off Robinson/Heath); Williams (11,3rd base off Thurmond/Nokes).  CS–Guillen (7,2nd base by Robinson/Heath); Redus (7,2nd base by Thurmond/Nokes).  WP–Robinson (4), LaPoint (1).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–3:18.  A–16,438.
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