Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
April 7, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 7, 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 11, Boston Red Sox 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 5 0 1 0
Whitaker 2b 5 0 1 0
  Walewander 2b 0 0 0 0
Evans 1b 6 1 1 0
Trammell ss 5 3 3 0
Nokes c 6 3 3 5
Sheridan lf 5 3 4 1
Morrison dh 5 1 3 1
Lemon rf 5 0 1 0
Brookens 3b 5 0 4 4
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Heinkel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 11 21 11
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Owen ss 5 2 2 1
Barrett 2b 5 1 3 3
Boggs 3b 4 0 1 0
Rice dh 4 0 0 1
Evans 1b 4 1 2 0
Greenwell lf 4 0 2 0
Benzinger rf 4 0 0 1
Marzano c 4 0 0 0
Romine cf 4 2 2 0
Ellsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Smithson p 0 0 0 0
  Trautwein p 0 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 12 6
Detroit 024 103 01011210
Boston 103 000 1106122
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana  W (1-0) 7.0 10 5 5 0 3
  Heinkel   2.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
0
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ellsworth  L (0-1) 2.0 8 5 5 1 2
  Smithson   3.1 8 5 4 1 1
  Trautwein   2.2 5 1 1 1 0
  Gardner   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
21
11
10
3
3

  E–Boggs (1), Greenwell (1).  DP–Detroit 1, Boston 1.  PB–Marzano (1).  2B–Detroit Brookens (2,off Ellsworth); Morrison 2 (2,off Smithson,off Trautwein), Boston Owen (1,off Tanana); Barrett (1,off Tanana); Greenwell 2 (2,off Tanana,off Heinkel); Romine (1,off Tanana).  3B–Detroit Sheridan (1,off Ellsworth).  HR–Detroit Nokes 2 (3,2nd inning off Ellsworth 0 on, 0 out,3rd inning off Ellsworth 2 on, 0 out), Boston Owen (1,1st inning off Tanana 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Pettis (1,2nd base off Ellsworth/Marzano); Barrett (2,2nd base off Tanana/Nokes).  CS–Morrison (1,2nd base by Ellsworth/Marzano).  BK–Smithson (1).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:59.  A–13,807.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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