Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
September 22, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 1989 at Tiger Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 9, Detroit Tigers 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 5 1 2 0
Reed 2b,ss 5 2 3 1
Evans dh 4 1 2 4
Greenwell lf 4 0 1 0
Esasky 1b 3 1 1 0
Heep rf 5 1 3 2
  Quintana rf 0 0 0 0
Rivera ss 2 0 0 0
  Horn ph 1 0 0 0
  Barrett 2b 1 0 0 0
Romine cf 3 1 0 0
  Stone ph,cf 0 0 0 0
Gedman c 2 1 1 1
  Marzano ph,c 2 1 1 1
Dopson p 0 0 0 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
  Smithson p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 14 9
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 4 2 3 0
Trammell ss 5 1 3 2
Whitaker 2b 2 0 0 0
  Schu 3b 1 0 0 0
Nokes dh 3 1 2 2
  Brumley pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Bergman 1b 3 0 0 0
  Ward ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Lusader rf 3 1 1 0
  Williams K. ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Richie lf 3 1 1 2
  Lemon ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Strange 3b,2b 4 0 1 0
Heath c 4 0 0 0
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Williams F. p 0 0 0 0
  Gibson p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
  Nunez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 11 6
Boston 000 003 4029141
Detroit 103 200 0107110
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dopson   3.1 8 6 6 1 1
  Price   1.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Smithson   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Murphy  W (5-7) 1.2 2 1 0 0 2
  Smith  SV (23) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
6
3
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander   5.2 7 3 3 1 2
  Williams   0.1 0 1 1 1 1
  Gibson   0.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Henneman   1.2 5 2 2 2 3
  Nunez  L (3-4) 1.0 1 2 2 4 0
Totals
9.0
14
9
9
8
7

  E–Boggs (17).  DP–Boston 4, Detroit 1.  PB–Marzano (1).  2B–Boston Esasky (26,off Alexander); Boggs (49,off Alexander); Evans (26,off Henneman), Detroit Trammell (17,off Dopson).  HR–Boston Gedman (4,6th inning off Alexander 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Nokes (8,3rd inning off Dopson 1 on, 2 out); Richie (1,4th inning off Dopson 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Barrett (15,off Nunez).  SF–Evans (7,off Alexander); Marzano (1,off Nunez).  IBB–Greenwell (15,by Henneman); Stone (1,by Nunez); Boggs (19,by Nunez).  SB–Pettis 2 (40,2nd base off Dopson/Gedman,3rd base off Dopson/Gedman).  IBB–Henneman (15,Greenwell); Nunez 2 (13,Stone,Boggs).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–3:31.  A–16,341.
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