Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers
June 16, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 1988 at Tiger Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Detroit Tigers 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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Toronto Blue Jays 13, Detroit Tigers 5

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 4 2 3 0
  Lee ss 1 0 0 0
Moseby cf 4 1 1 1
Mulliniks dh 4 1 2 0
Bell lf 4 1 0 1
  Campusano lf 1 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 5 0 0 0
Gruber 3b 4 3 2 1
Whitt c 5 3 4 4
Leach rf 0 1 0 0
  Barfield ph,rf 4 1 2 1
Liriano 2b 5 0 1 2
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Ross p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 13 15 10
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 4 1 1 0
Whitaker 2b 4 0 1 0
Salazar lf 5 0 1 1
Trammell ss 2 0 1 0
  Walewander ss 1 0 0 0
  Bergman ph 0 0 0 1
Lemon rf 4 0 0 0
Herndon dh 2 1 0 0
Brookens 3b 2 1 1 0
Knight 1b 4 1 1 2
Heath c 4 1 1 1
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Gibson p 0 0 0 0
  Trujillo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 7 5
Toronto 124 002 01313150
Detroit 000 000 005575
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  W (6-4) 8.0 5 2 2 6 7
  Ross   1.0 2 3 3 2 1
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
8
8
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  L (6-8) 2.2 6 7 6 3 3
  Gibson   3.1 4 2 1 0 3
  Trujillo   3.0 5 4 4 1 4
Totals
9.0
15
13
11
4
10

  E–Pettis (3), Whitaker (5), Lemon 2 (6), Brookens (4).  DP–Toronto 1.  2B–Toronto Liriano (3,off Morris); Barfield (5,off Trujillo), Detroit Trammell (10,off Flanagan); Knight (6,off Ross); Heath (3,off Ross).  3B–Toronto Whitt (2,off Morris); Gruber (3,off Trujillo).  HR–Toronto Whitt (3,9th inning off Trujillo 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Bergman (2,off Ross).  SB–Gruber (9,2nd base off Morris/Heath); Pettis (30,2nd base off Flanagan/Whitt).  WP–Flanagan (3), Morris (5), Gibson (2), Trujillo (1).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–3:11.  A–22,927.
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