Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
June 4, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1988 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians 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

Cleveland Indians 2, Detroit Tigers 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Franco 2b 4 0 0 0
Upshaw 1b 2 1 1 1
Carter cf 4 0 0 0
Jacoby 3b 4 1 1 0
Hall lf 4 0 1 0
Snyder rf 4 0 1 1
Clark dh 4 0 0 0
Allanson c 3 0 1 0
Bell ss 3 0 0 0
Candiotti p 0 0 0 0
  Dedmon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 4 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 4 2 2 0
Sheridan rf 3 1 1 2
Trammell ss 4 1 2 0
Evans 1b 4 1 2 1
Salazar lf 4 0 1 1
Nokes c 4 0 0 0
Knight dh 4 0 1 1
Brookens 3b 3 0 0 0
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
Cleveland 100 000 001252
Detroit 112 010 00x591
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Candiotti  L (6-4) 7.0 9 5 5 1 5
  Dedmon   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
1
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander  W (5-4) 9.0 5 2 2 2 5
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
5

  E–Franco (7), Upshaw (4), Brookens (3).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Cleveland Hall (11,off Alexander); Jacoby (14,off Alexander).  3B–Detroit Whitaker (2,off Candiotti).  HR–Cleveland Upshaw (5,1st inning off Alexander 0 on, 1 out), Detroit Sheridan (5,5th inning off Candiotti 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Allanson (5,2nd base off Alexander/Nokes).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Dale Scott, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:40.  A–32,391.
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