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 6, Baltimore Orioles 0

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 1 2 2
  Walewander 2b 0 0 0 0
Evans dh 3 0 1 0
Bergman 1b 5 0 1 0
Trammell ss 5 1 2 0
  Baker ss 0 0 0 0
Nokes c 4 1 1 0
Lemon cf 2 0 0 0
  Sheridan rf 2 0 0 0
Lusader rf,cf 4 2 2 2
Herndon lf 3 0 1 2
Brookens 3b 4 1 1 0
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 11 6
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Washington 3b 4 0 0 0
Ripken 2b 3 0 2 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 0 0 0
Murray dh 4 0 1 0
  Stanicek pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Lynn cf 3 0 2 0
  Hart cf 1 0 0 0
Knight 1b 3 0 0 0
Sheets rf 3 0 0 0
Kennedy c 3 0 1 0
  Nichols c 0 0 0 0
Young lf 3 0 0 0
Boddicker p 0 0 0 0
  O'Connor p 0 0 0 0
  Kinnunen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 6 0
Detroit 000 500 0106111
Baltimore 000 000 000062
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander  W (5-0) 9.0 6 0 0 1 6
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
1
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Boddicker  L (10-8) 3.2 7 5 5 2 0
  O'Connor   3.1 3 1 1 2 0
  Kinnunen   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
4
0

  E–Nokes (3).  DP–Detroit 2, Baltimore 2.  2B–Baltimore Lynn (21,off Alexander).  3B–Detroit Lusader (1,off Boddicker).  HR–Detroit Whitaker (16,4th inning off Boddicker 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Herndon (6,off Boddicker).  SB–Trammell (17,2nd base off Boddicker/Kennedy); B Ripken (4,2nd base off Alexander/Nokes).  WP–Boddicker (9).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–2:47.  A–21,579.
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