Detroit Tigers vs Toronto Blue Jays
September 25, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 1987 at Exhibition Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays 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, Toronto Blue Jays 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 5 0 2 0
Madlock dh 4 0 0 0
Gibson lf 5 1 0 0
Trammell ss 3 0 1 0
Herndon rf 4 0 1 1
  Sheridan rf 0 0 0 0
Lemon cf 4 1 1 0
Evans 1b 4 0 1 1
Brookens 3b 4 0 1 0
Heath c 4 0 2 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Noles p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 9 2
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Liriano 2b 4 0 0 0
Moseby cf 5 0 0 0
Beniquez dh 3 0 0 0
  Mulliniks ph,dh 0 0 0 0
  Thornton pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Bell lf 4 0 1 0
Fielder 1b 3 0 1 0
  Whitt ph 1 0 0 0
Barfield rf 3 1 2 0
Iorg 3b 3 0 0 0
  Leach ph 1 0 1 0
  Gruber pr 0 1 0 0
Lee ss 4 1 2 2
Moore c 3 0 1 0
  Upshaw ph 0 0 0 0
Key p 0 0 0 0
  Musselman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 2
Detroit 010 001 000292
Toronto 000 000 003381
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana   7.0 5 0 0 1 2
  Noles   1.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Hernandez  L (3-4) 0.0 2 2 1 0 0
  Henneman   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.1
8
3
2
4
2
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Key   8.1 9 2 1 1 3
  Musselman  W (12-4) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
1
2
3

  E–Whitaker (17), Trammell (17), Key (3).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Lemon (29,off Key), Toronto Barfield (22,off Tanana); Leach (12,off Hernandez).  3B–Toronto Lee (2,off Hernandez).  IBB–Upshaw (2,by Henneman); Liriano (2,by Henneman).  IBB–Henneman 2 (4,Upshaw,Liriano).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:52.  A–46,233.
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