Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
June 9, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1988 at Cleveland 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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Detroit Tigers 6, Cleveland Indians 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 5 0 2 2
Whitaker 2b 4 0 1 0
Sheridan lf 4 0 1 0
Trammell ss 3 0 0 0
Evans 1b 3 0 0 0
  Walewander pr 0 1 0 0
  Heath c 0 0 0 0
Lemon rf 4 2 1 0
Nokes c 3 0 1 1
  Salazar ph,1b 1 1 1 1
Knight dh 4 1 2 0
Brookens 3b 4 1 2 2
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 11 6
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Upshaw 1b 3 0 0 0
Ramos 2b 4 0 1 1
Franco dh 4 0 3 1
Hall cf 3 0 0 0
  Castillo ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Jacoby 3b 4 0 0 0
Snyder rf,cf 4 0 1 0
Clark lf,rf 4 0 0 0
Allanson c 4 1 3 0
Bell ss 4 1 1 0
Candiotti p 0 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
  Laskey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 10 2
Detroit 010 010 0046110
Cleveland 000 000 0202100
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander   7.2 8 2 2 0 4
  Hernandez   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Henneman  W (1-1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
0
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Candiotti  L (6-5) 8.1 8 4 4 2 5
  Schatzeder   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Laskey   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 2.  2B–Detroit Nokes (4,off Candiotti); Pettis (6,off Laskey).  SH–Upshaw (2,off Alexander).  SB–Pettis (27,2nd base off Candiotti/Allanson); Franco (8,2nd base off Alexander/Nokes).  CS–Sheridan (2,2nd base by Candiotti/Allanson).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Terry Craft, 2B–Mark Johnson, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–3:00.  A–17,375.
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