Detroit Tigers vs Toronto Blue Jays
September 12, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1988 at Exhibition Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 6, Toronto Blue Jays 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 4 0 0 0
Salazar lf 3 1 1 0
  Lynn ph,lf 2 1 1 1
Trammell ss 4 1 0 0
Lemon rf 3 2 1 3
Knight 1b 4 1 2 0
Herndon dh 3 0 2 1
  Evans ph,dh 1 0 1 1
  Sheridan pr,dh 1 0 0 0
Heath c 3 0 0 0
  Nokes ph,c 0 0 0 0
Brookens 3b 4 0 1 0
Walewander 2b 2 0 0 0
  Murphy ph 0 0 0 0
  Lovullo 2b 0 0 0 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Gibson p 0 0 0 0
  Huismann p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 9 6
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 5 0 1 0
Moseby cf 5 0 0 1
Barfield rf 5 1 2 1
Bell lf 4 0 3 0
McGriff 1b 4 1 1 0
Gruber 3b 4 1 2 0
Borders dh 3 0 1 2
  Infante pr,dh 0 1 0 0
  Mulliniks ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Lee 2b 3 1 1 0
Butera c 2 0 0 0
  Whitt ph,c 2 0 0 0
Key p 0 0 0 0
  Stottlemyre p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
  Cerutti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 11 4
Detroit 010 003 011691
Toronto 100 000 3015110
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana   6.0 7 4 3 0 5
  King   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Gibson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Huismann  W (1-0) 1.2 3 1 1 1 1
  Hernandez  SV (9) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
4
1
6
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Key   6.0 6 4 4 1 3
  Stottlemyre   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Castillo   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Henke  L (3-4) 1.2 2 2 2 4 1
  Cerutti   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
6
5

  E–Brookens (16).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Knight (12,off Key); Herndon (5,off Key); Salazar (13,off Key), Toronto Fernandez (35,off Huismann).  3B–Toronto Borders (3,off Tanana).  HR–Detroit Lemon (12,6th inning off Key 2 on, 2 out); Lynn (21,9th inning off Henke 0 on, 0 out), Toronto Barfield (16,1st inning off Tanana 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Walewander (8,off Stottlemyre); Knight (2,off Henke).  IBB–Trammell (8,by Key); Nokes (2,by Henke).  IBB–Key (2,Trammell); Henke (3,Nokes).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–3:24.  A–31,354.
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