Detroit Tigers vs Milwaukee Brewers
September 12, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1987 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 2, Milwaukee Brewers 11

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 0 0 0
  Lusader lf 1 0 0 0
Madlock dh 4 0 1 0
  Grubb ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Gibson lf 4 1 1 1
  Walewander 2b 0 0 0 0
Trammell ss 3 1 1 1
  Baker ss 0 0 0 0
Evans 1b 4 0 0 0
Nokes c 4 0 3 0
  Lowry c 0 0 0 0
Lemon cf 3 0 2 0
Sheridan rf 4 0 0 0
Brookens 3b 2 0 0 0
  Bergman ph 1 0 0 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Molitor dh 5 2 4 1
Yount cf 2 3 0 0
  Manning cf 0 0 0 0
Surhoff c 3 1 2 3
Brock 1b 4 1 2 2
  Paciorek 1b 0 0 0 0
Deer rf 4 0 3 3
Sveum ss 5 0 0 0
Riles 3b 2 1 0 0
Felder lf 5 2 2 1
Castillo 2b 5 1 1 0
Wegman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 11 14 10
Detroit 200 000 000281
Milwaukee 101 014 40x11141
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  L (17-8) 5.1 9 7 6 6 5
  King   1.1 3 3 3 3 3
  Thurmond   1.1 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
14
11
10
10
8
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Wegman  W (10-10) 9.0 8 2 2 3 5
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
3
5

  E–Brookens (17), Wegman (2).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Nokes (14,off Wegman), Milwaukee Brock (23,off Thurmond).  3B–Milwaukee Molitor (5,off Morris); Felder (6,off Morris).  HR–Detroit Gibson (20,1st inning off Wegman 0 on, 2 out); Trammell (24,1st inning off Wegman 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Yount (8,by Morris).  SB–Molitor (39,2nd base off Morris/Nokes); Castillo (13,2nd base off Morris/Nokes); Felder (28,2nd base off King/Nokes).  CS–Molitor (9,2nd base by King/Nokes).  WP–Morris (21).  IBB–Morris (3,Yount).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–3:14.  A–50,288.
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