Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
September 12, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1989 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians 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, Cleveland Indians 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 4 0 1 0
Heath c 4 0 1 0
Williams rf 4 0 1 0
Ward lf 4 0 1 0
Schu 3b 3 0 1 0
Bergman 1b 2 0 0 0
Brumley ss 3 0 0 0
Strange 2b 3 0 0 0
Datz dh 2 0 0 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 5 0
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Browne 2b 4 0 1 1
James lf 3 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 0 0 0 0
  Komminsk pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Carter cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Belle dh 3 0 0 0
O'Brien 1b 3 0 2 0
Jacoby 3b 3 0 0 0
Snyder rf 3 0 1 0
Skinner c 3 0 1 0
  Hinzo pr 0 1 0 0
  Magrann c 0 0 0 0
Fermin ss 2 0 1 0
Black p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 6 1
Detroit 000 000 000050
Cleveland 000 000 01x160
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana  L (9-13) 8.0 6 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
6
1
1
0
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Black  W (11-11) 9.0 5 0 0 2 4
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
2
4

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Detroit K Williams (5,off Black), Cleveland Snyder (17,off Tanana).  SH–Bergman (4,off Black); Fermin (27,off Tanana).  HBP–Gonzalez (1,by Tanana).  CS–Browne (6,2nd base by Tanana/Heath).  HBP–Tanana (8,Gonzalez).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Drew Coble.  T–2:08.  A–5,523.
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