Detroit Tigers vs Toronto Blue Jays
June 9, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1989 at Skydome. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Detroit Tigers 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)
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Detroit Tigers 0, Toronto Blue Jays 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 4 0 1 0
Bergman 1b 2 0 1 0
  Williams ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 3 0 0 0
Moreland dh 4 0 0 0
Nokes c 3 0 0 0
Lemon rf 1 0 0 0
  Ward rf,1b 2 0 1 0
Sheridan lf 2 0 0 0
  Heath ph 1 0 0 0
Schu 3b 4 0 1 0
Brumley ss 3 0 0 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 4 0
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Felix cf 3 1 2 0
Fernandez ss 3 1 1 0
Gruber rf 3 0 1 1
Bell lf 4 0 1 1
McGriff 1b 3 0 0 0
Borders dh 2 0 1 0
Liriano 2b 4 0 0 0
Brenly c 4 0 0 0
Lee 3b 4 0 2 0
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 8 2
Detroit 000 000 000042
Toronto 200 000 00x280
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana  L (5-6) 8.0 8 2 1 5 10
Totals
8.0
8
2
1
5
10
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb  W (5-3) 6.0 2 0 0 5 1
  Wells  SV (1) 3.0 2 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
5
5

  E–Lemon (2), Ward (1).  DP–Detroit 1, Toronto 1.  2B–Toronto Felix (3,off Tanana).  HBP–Brumley (1,by Stieb); Borders (1,by Tanana); Felix (2,by Tanana).  SF–Gruber (2,off Tanana).  SB–Brumley (2,2nd base off Stieb/Brenly).  CS–Lee (2,2nd base by Tanana/Nokes).  WP–Tanana (6).  HBP–Tanana 2 (4,Borders,Felix); Stieb (5,Brumley).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–2:53.  A–48,219.
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