Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
August 5, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1988 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 2, Detroit Tigers 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 0 0 0
Romero 2b 2 0 0 0
  Evans ph,cf 2 0 1 0
Benzinger rf 5 0 1 2
Greenwell lf 2 0 0 0
Burks cf 3 0 1 0
  Barrett 2b 0 0 0 0
Rice dh 4 0 0 0
Parrish 1b 4 0 0 0
Owen ss 3 1 0 0
  Reed ss 0 0 0 0
Cerone c 3 1 1 0
Boddicker p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 4 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Walewander 2b 4 1 1 0
Sheridan lf 4 1 3 0
Trammell ss 3 0 1 1
Bergman 1b 3 0 1 1
Murphy cf 4 0 1 0
Lemon rf 4 0 1 0
Evans dh 3 1 1 1
Brookens 3b 3 0 0 0
Heath c 3 0 0 0
King p 0 0 0 0
  Heinkel p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 9 3
Boston 000 000 200240
Detroit 101 001 00x392
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Boddicker  L (7-13) 6.2 9 3 3 1 5
  Smith   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
1
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
King  W (2-1) 6.1 2 2 2 6 5
  Heinkel   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Henneman  SV (18) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
7
8

  E–Walewander (3), Heath (6).  2B–Boston Cerone (12,off King); Benzinger (18,off Heinkel), Detroit Sheridan (7,off Boddicker).  HR–Detroit Evans (14,6th inning off Boddicker 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Greenwell (13,by Heinkel).  SF–Bergman (3,off Boddicker); Trammell (5,off Boddicker).  SB–Burks (17,2nd base off King/Heath); Walewander (6,3rd base off Boddicker/Cerone); Sheridan 2 (6,2nd base off Boddicker/Cerone,3rd base off Boddicker/Cerone).  IBB–Heinkel (1,Greenwell).  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–2:49.  A–44,334.
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