Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
June 5, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 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)
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Cleveland Indians 2, Detroit Tigers 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Franco 2b 4 0 0 0
Upshaw 1b 4 1 2 1
Carter cf 4 0 1 0
Jacoby 3b 4 1 1 1
Hall lf 3 0 0 0
Snyder rf 3 0 0 0
Clark dh 2 0 1 0
Washington ss 3 0 0 0
Allanson c 3 0 0 0
Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Dedmon p 0 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 5 1 3 2
Whitaker 2b 5 0 2 1
Salazar lf 4 0 4 3
Trammell ss 4 0 2 0
Lemon rf 4 0 0 0
Herndon dh 3 0 1 0
  Walewander pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Evans ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Knight 1b 4 1 2 0
Brookens 3b 4 2 2 0
Heath c 3 2 1 0
Robinson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 17 6
Cleveland 200 000 000250
Detroit 040 000 02x6170
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Swindell  L (10-2) 7.0 17 6 6 2 5
  Dedmon   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Black   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
17
6
6
3
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson  W (6-2) 9.0 5 2 2 1 10
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
1
10

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 2, Detroit 2.  2B–Cleveland Clark (1,off Robinson); Upshaw (6,off Robinson), Detroit Salazar (5,off Swindell); Brookens (9,off Swindell).  HR–Cleveland Upshaw (6,1st inning off Robinson 0 on, 1 out); Jacoby (4,1st inning off Robinson 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Heath (1,off Swindell).  SF–Salazar (2,off Dedmon).  IBB–Trammell (3,by Swindell).  CS–Pettis (5,2nd base by Swindell/Allanson).  IBB–Swindell (1,Trammell).  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:39.  A–31,665.
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