New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
October 2, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 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."

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New York Yankees 3, Detroit Tigers 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Velarde ss 4 2 1 0
Ward cf 4 0 2 2
Mattingly 1b 4 0 0 1
Clark rf 3 0 0 0
  Skinner ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Phelps dh 5 0 0 0
Aguayo 3b 5 0 0 0
Geren c 4 0 0 0
Morris lf 5 0 0 0
Tolleson 2b 4 1 3 0
Clements p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
  Righetti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 7 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Brookens 3b 3 0 1 0
Murphy cf 4 0 0 0
Salazar ss 5 0 1 1
Lemon rf 5 1 2 0
Knight 1b 3 1 1 2
  Bergman 1b 2 0 0 0
Herndon lf 2 0 0 0
  Sheridan lf 2 1 1 0
Evans dh 5 0 1 1
Heath c 3 0 0 0
  Nokes ph,c 1 0 0 0
Walewander 2b 3 1 1 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Gibson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 8 4
New York 000 020 010 00370
Detroit 020 010 000 01482
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Clements   6.0 5 3 3 3 3
  Mohorcic   4.0 1 0 0 2 4
  Righetti  L (5-4) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.1
8
4
4
5
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana   7.0 3 2 2 2 7
  Henneman   0.0 1 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
  Gibson  W (4-2) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
7
3
2
3
10

  E–Knight 2 (4).  DP–New York 1, Detroit 1.  2B–New York Ward (8,off Tanana).  3B–Detroit Sheridan (5,off Righetti).  HR–Detroit Knight (3,2nd inning off Clements 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Ward (4,off Henneman).  SF–Mattingly (8,off Hernandez).  SB–Walewander (11,3rd base off Clements/Geren).  WP–Mohorcic (4).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–John Shulock.  T–3:10.  A–35,359.
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