Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
June 6, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 6, 1988 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 2, Baltimore Orioles 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 3 0 1 0
Whitaker 2b 4 0 0 1
Salazar lf 4 0 0 0
Trammell ss 4 0 2 0
Lemon rf 4 0 1 0
Herndon dh 4 0 2 0
Knight 1b 3 0 0 0
  Evans ph 1 0 0 0
Brookens 3b 3 1 2 0
Heath c 3 1 1 1
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 9 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Orsulak rf 5 1 0 0
Lynn cf 4 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 3 4 3
Murray dh 2 0 1 0
Sheets lf 4 0 3 2
  Gerhart pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Traber 1b 3 0 0 0
Kennedy c 4 0 1 0
Gonzales 3b 3 0 0 0
Ripken 2b 4 1 1 0
Ballard p 0 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 5
Detroit 001 010 000291
Baltimore 003 010 10x5100
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  L (5-7) 6.1 10 5 2 2 1
  Hernandez   1.2 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
10
5
2
4
2
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Ballard  W (2-2) 8.2 9 2 2 1 3
  Niedenfuer  SV (6) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
4

  E–Knight (1).  DP–Baltimore 2.  2B–Detroit Lemon (17,off Ballard); Brookens (10,off Ballard), Baltimore Sheets (11,off Morris).  HR–Detroit Heath (1,5th inning off Ballard 0 on, 2 out), Baltimore C Ripken (10,3rd inning off Morris 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Gonzales (2,off Morris).  IBB–Traber (1,by Hernandez).  SB–Pettis (25,2nd base off Ballard/Kennedy); B Ripken (4,2nd base off Morris/Heath); Sheets (1,2nd base off Morris/Heath); C Ripken (2,2nd base off Morris/Heath).  CS–Trammell (3,2nd base by Ballard/Kennedy).  IBB–Hernandez (1,Traber).  U-HP–Larry Young, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:33.  A–22,317.
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