Milwaukee Brewers vs Detroit Tigers
September 1, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 1, 1988 at Tiger Stadium. The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Brewers 6, Detroit Tigers 2

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Molitor 3b 4 1 2 1
Leonard lf 3 0 1 1
Yount cf 1 1 1 0
Deer rf 4 1 1 2
Brock 1b 3 0 0 1
Meyer dh 4 0 0 0
Surhoff c 4 0 0 0
Gantner 2b 4 2 2 0
Sveum ss 4 1 2 0
Birkbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Bosio p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 9 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 1 1 2
Sheridan lf 4 0 0 0
Lynn dh 4 0 1 0
Evans 1b 2 0 0 0
Lemon rf 4 0 0 0
Nokes c 4 0 0 0
Salazar ss 3 0 1 0
Brookens 3b 3 0 0 0
Pettis cf 3 1 1 0
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Gibson p 0 0 0 0
  Heinkel p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 2
Milwaukee 001 050 000692
Detroit 000 002 000241
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Birkbeck  W (10-6) 5.1 4 2 2 1 3
  Bosio  SV (2) 3.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
2
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander  L (11-10) 4.1 8 6 5 2 2
  Gibson   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Heinkel   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Henneman   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
5
3
3

  E–Molitor (12), Sveum (26), Brookens (13).  DP–Milwaukee 1, Detroit 2.  2B–Milwaukee Leonard (16,off Alexander).  HR–Detroit Whitaker (12,6th inning off Birkbeck 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Leonard (1,off Alexander); Brock (2,off Gibson).  HBP–Yount (3,by Heinkel).  IBB–Yount (10,by Alexander).  SB–Yount (20,2nd base off Heinkel/Nokes).  CS–Molitor 2 (8,2nd base by Alexander/Nokes,2nd base by Heinkel/Nokes); Pettis (10,2nd base by Birkbeck/Surhoff).  HBP–Heinkel (1,Yount).  IBB–Alexander (7,Yount).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:44.  A–21,852.
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