Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
September 9, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 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 7, Baltimore Orioles 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 3 1 0 0
  Walewander 2b 1 0 0 0
Madlock dh 5 1 1 2
Evans 1b 5 1 2 0
Trammell ss 5 2 1 1
Nokes c 4 1 3 2
Lemon cf 4 0 1 0
Grubb lf 3 0 1 1
  Herndon ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Morrison 3b 4 1 1 0
  Brookens 3b 0 0 0 0
Sheridan rf 4 0 1 1
Terrell p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 11 7
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Stanicek 3b,2b 5 0 2 1
Ripken 2b 2 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph 1 0 1 1
  Washington 3b 1 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 0 1 0
Murray dh 4 0 1 0
Lynn cf 4 1 2 0
Knight 1b 4 1 2 1
Sheets rf,lf 4 0 0 1
Kennedy c 2 0 0 0
  Nichols pr,c 0 1 0 0
  Lacy ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Young lf 4 1 1 0
  Rayford c 0 0 0 0
Dixon p 0 0 0 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  McGregor p 0 0 0 0
  Arnold p 0 0 0 0
  Kinnunen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 11 4
Detroit 402 001 0007111
Baltimore 000 100 2104111
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Terrell  W (13-10) 6.0 9 3 3 2 1
  King   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez  SV (8) 2.1 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
2
2
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Dixon  L (7-9) 0.0 2 3 3 1 0
  Griffin   5.0 8 4 3 1 1
  McGregor   1.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Arnold   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Kinnunen   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
6
4
1

  E–Trammell (15), C Ripken (17).  DP–Detroit 2, Baltimore 1.  2B–Detroit Grubb (5,off Griffin); Sheridan (19,off Griffin), Baltimore Lynn (20,off Terrell).  3B–Detroit Trammell (3,off Griffin).  HR–Detroit Madlock (13,1st inning off Dixon 1 on, 0 out); Nokes (28,3rd inning off Griffin 1 on, 0 out), Baltimore Knight (13,8th inning off Hernandez 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Sheridan (17,3rd base off McGregor/Kennedy).  WP–Dixon (5).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–3:09.
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