New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
June 21, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 1988 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees 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

New York Yankees 6, Detroit Tigers 7

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Washington lf 4 2 1 1
Mattingly 1b 5 0 2 1
Winfield rf 4 2 2 1
Clark dh 3 0 1 1
Pagliarulo 3b 5 0 2 1
Buhner cf 5 0 0 0
Velarde 2b 4 1 2 1
Santana ss 2 1 1 0
Skinner c 3 0 0 0
Leiter p 0 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
  Righetti p 0 0 0 0
  Guante p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 11 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Brookens 3b 5 0 1 0
Whitaker 2b 3 1 0 1
Salazar rf 4 2 2 1
Trammell ss 5 1 2 4
Knight 1b 3 0 0 1
Herndon lf 3 0 1 0
  Bergman ph 1 1 1 0
Evans dh 1 1 0 0
Heath c 2 0 0 0
  Nokes ph,c 2 1 1 0
Pettis cf 2 0 0 0
  Sheridan ph,cf 2 0 1 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Gibson p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 9 7
New York 140 000 0016110
Detroit 000 001 006790
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Leiter   3.1 3 0 0 3 4
  Allen   4.2 4 3 3 2 4
  Righetti   0.2 1 3 3 2 1
  Guante  L (4-4) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.2
9
7
7
7
9
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris   1.2 5 5 5 3 2
  Gibson   4.1 2 0 0 2 3
  King  W (1-0) 3.0 4 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
6
9

  E–None.  DP–New York 2.  2B–New York Washington (9,off Morris); Winfield (15,off Morris); Clark (6,off Morris); Pagliarulo (13,off King), Detroit Trammell (11,off Leiter); Salazar (6,off Allen).  HR–New York Velarde (1,2nd inning off Morris 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Trammell (10,9th inning off Guante 3 on, 2 out).  SH–Skinner (2,off Morris).  CS–Velarde (1,2nd base by King/Nokes).  WP–Leiter (1).  BK–Leiter (4), Gibson (1), King (2).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–Dale Scott, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–3:26.  A–26,535.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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