Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
April 6, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 6, 1988 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox 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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Detroit Tigers 5, Boston Red Sox 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 4 0 1 0
Whitaker 2b 2 1 2 0
Salazar lf 3 1 1 3
  Sheridan ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Trammell ss 3 0 0 0
Herndon dh 3 0 1 1
  Nokes ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Knight 1b 4 1 1 0
Lemon rf 4 0 2 0
Brookens 3b 2 1 0 1
  Bergman ph 1 0 0 0
Heath c 3 1 1 0
  Evans ph 1 0 0 0
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 3 1 0 0
Barrett 2b 5 1 0 0
Boggs 3b 4 1 3 1
Rice lf 5 0 2 1
Greenwell rf 3 1 1 0
Evans 1b 4 1 2 0
Horn dh 4 0 2 0
  Romine pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Gedman c 3 0 0 1
Owen ss 2 0 0 0
  Benzinger ph 1 0 1 1
  Reed pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Hurst p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 11 4
Detroit 004 001 000591
Boston 001 010 04x6110
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander   7.0 8 2 2 1 2
  Hernandez  L (0-1) 0.1 3 4 3 1 0
  Henneman   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
11
6
5
3
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hurst   6.0 8 5 5 3 3
  Lamp  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Smith  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
3
7

  E–Heath (1).  DP–Boston 3.  PB–Heath (1).  2B–Detroit Salazar (1,off Hurst), Boston Boggs (3,off Alexander); Rice (1,off Alexander); Evans (2,off Alexander).  SH–Whitaker (2,off Hurst).  SF–Gedman (1,off Hernandez).  HBP–Anderson 2 (2,by Alexander,by Hernandez).  IBB–Boggs (1,by Henneman).  SB–Barrett (1,2nd base off Alexander/Heath).  HBP–Alexander (1,Anderson); Hernandez (1,Anderson).  IBB–Henneman (1,Boggs).  U-HP–Terry Cooney, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:58.  A–16,965.
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