Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
September 28, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1987 at Tiger Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Baltimore Orioles 3, Detroit Tigers 0

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Stanicek 2b 4 2 2 1
Gonzales 3b 4 0 0 0
Lynn cf 3 0 1 1
Murray 1b 2 0 2 1
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 0 0 0
Sheets lf 4 0 2 0
  Hart lf 0 0 0 0
Knight dh 4 0 0 0
Kennedy c 4 0 0 0
Dwyer rf 3 1 1 0
  Lacy ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Habyan p 0 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 0 1 0
  Baker 3b 0 0 0 0
Evans 1b 4 0 1 0
Gibson lf 4 0 1 0
Trammell ss 4 0 1 0
Nokes c 4 0 0 0
Grubb dh 4 0 0 0
Lemon cf 3 0 1 0
Lusader rf 2 0 0 0
Brookens 3b 2 0 0 0
  Bergman ph 1 0 0 0
  Walewander 2b 0 0 0 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 5 0
Baltimore 002 010 000380
Detroit 000 000 000050
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Habyan  W (6-6) 8.1 5 0 0 1 3
  Niedenfuer  SV (12) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
1
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  L (18-11) 8.0 8 3 3 5 10
  Thurmond   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
5
11

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Baltimore Dwyer (7,off Morris); Sheets (23,off Morris); Stanicek (2,off Morris).  SH–Gonzales (2,off Morris).  IBB–Murray (6,by Morris).  SB–Stanicek (7,2nd base off Morris/Nokes).  WP–Morris (23).  BK–Morris (1).  IBB–Morris (5,Murray).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:50.  A–20,015.
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