Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
September 14, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 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 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 4 0 1 0
Bergman 1b 3 0 1 0
Whitaker 2b 4 0 1 0
Lynn lf 4 0 1 0
Nokes dh 3 0 1 0
  Ward ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Lusader rf 3 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 1 0
Heath c 4 0 1 0
Strange 3b 2 0 0 0
Brumley ss 3 0 0 0
Ritz p 0 0 0 0
  Gibson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 7 0
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Browne 2b 4 1 1 0
James dh 4 1 1 0
Carter lf 4 2 1 2
O'Brien 1b 2 0 1 0
Jacoby 3b 3 0 1 1
Snyder rf 4 0 1 1
Komminsk cf 3 0 1 0
Skinner c 3 0 0 0
Fermin ss 3 0 1 0
Nichols p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 8 4
Detroit 000 000 000072
Cleveland 200 000 02x480
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Ritz  L (4-4) 7.0 5 2 0 2 6
  Gibson   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
2
2
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Nichols  W (4-4) 7.2 5 0 0 1 10
  Orosco  SV (3) 1.1 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
1
11

  E–Strange 2 (17).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Detroit Heath (16,off Nichols), Cleveland Browne (29,off Ritz).  3B–Cleveland Jacoby (4,off Ritz).  HR–Cleveland Carter (32,8th inning off Gibson 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Strange (2,off Nichols).  SF–Jacoby (7,off Ritz).  WP–Ritz (6).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:23.  A–7,300.
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