Detroit Tigers vs Toronto Blue Jays
September 27, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 1987 at Exhibition Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 3, Toronto Blue Jays 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 5 0 0 0
Evans 1b 5 1 2 1
Gibson lf 6 1 3 2
Trammell ss 5 0 1 0
Nokes c 5 0 0 0
  Heath c 1 0 1 0
Grubb dh 4 0 2 0
  Morrison ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Lemon cf 5 0 0 0
Lusader rf 5 0 2 0
Brookens 3b 2 0 0 0
  Bergman ph 1 0 0 0
  Walewander 3b 0 1 0 0
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
  Noles p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 3 11 3
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Liriano 2b 6 1 2 0
Moseby cf 6 0 0 0
Mulliniks 3b 1 0 0 0
  Iorg 3b 1 0 0 0
  Beniquez ph 1 0 0 0
  Gruber pr,3b 0 1 0 0
  Ducey ph 1 0 0 0
Bell lf 5 0 1 1
Whitt c 5 0 0 0
  Infante pr 0 0 0 0
Barfield rf 6 0 1 1
Upshaw 1b 4 0 1 0
Leach dh 4 0 0 0
  Thornton pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Fielder ph,dh 0 0 0 0
  McGriff ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Lee ss 4 0 1 0
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Musselman p 0 0 0 0
  Nunez p 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 2 6 2
Detroit 000 000 001 010 13111
Toronto 100 000 000 010 0260
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander   10.2 6 2 1 4 4
  Hernandez   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Henneman  W (10-3) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Noles  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
13.0
6
2
1
5
4
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy   7.0 5 0 0 1 3
  Henke   2.2 2 1 1 0 3
  Wells   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Musselman   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Nunez  L (5-2) 1.1 1 1 1 2 2
  Eichhorn   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
13.0
11
3
3
3
10

  E–Trammell (18).  DP–Detroit 1, Toronto 2.  2B–Detroit Grubb (6,off Clancy); Trammell (32,off Clancy); Lusader (3,off Clancy).  HR–Detroit Gibson (23,9th inning off Henke 0 on, 0 out); Evans (33,11th inning off Musselman 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Walewander (2,off Henke); Whitaker (4,off Nunez).  IBB–Evans (8,by Nunez).  HBP–Bell (7,by Henneman).  CS–Gibson (7,2nd base by Musselman/Whitt).  SB–Liriano (10,2nd base off Alexander/Nokes).  HBP–Henneman (3,Bell).  IBB–Nunez (6,Evans).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–4:06.  A–46,346.
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