Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
April 4, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 4, 1988 at Fenway Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Boston Red Sox 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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Detroit Tigers 5, Boston Red Sox 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 4 1 0 0
Whitaker 2b 2 0 1 1
Evans 1b 5 0 0 0
Trammell ss 5 1 1 2
Nokes dh 5 1 1 1
Sheridan lf 3 1 0 0
Lemon rf 4 0 2 1
Heath c 4 0 0 0
Brookens 3b 3 1 2 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 7 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 5 0 3 0
Barrett 2b 5 0 0 0
Boggs 3b 5 1 2 0
Rice lf 4 0 0 0
Greenwell rf 3 1 2 0
Evans 1b 4 1 1 1
Horn dh 4 0 1 2
Gedman c 4 0 0 0
Owen ss 4 0 0 0
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 9 3
Detroit 001 101 000 2572
Boston 000 300 000 0391
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  W (1-0) 9.0 9 3 3 1 9
  Henneman  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
9
3
3
1
9
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens   9.0 6 3 3 4 11
  Smith  L (0-1) 1.0 1 2 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
7
5
3
4
11

  E–Whitaker 2 (2), Owen (1).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Brookens (1,off Clemens), Boston Boggs 2 (2,off Morris 2); Evans (1,off Morris).  3B–Detroit Lemon (1,off Clemens).  HR–Detroit Nokes (1,6th inning off Clemens 0 on, 1 out); Trammell (1,10th inning off Smith 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Pettis (1,off Clemens); Whitaker (1,off Smith).  CS–Pettis (1,2nd base by Clemens/Gedman); Greenwell (1,2nd base by Morris/Heath).  BK–Clemens 3 (3).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–3:09.  A–34,781.
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