Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers
September 26, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1989 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 3, Detroit Tigers 4

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Moseby cf 4 1 1 0
Wilson lf 4 1 0 0
Bell dh 4 0 2 0
McGriff 1b 3 0 1 0
Gruber 3b 3 1 1 2
Fernandez ss 4 0 0 0
Lee 2b 3 0 2 0
Borders c 4 0 1 1
Hill rf 3 0 0 0
  Felix ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Ward p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 5 0 3 2
Trammell ss 4 0 1 1
Whitaker 2b 2 0 0 0
Ward 1b 3 0 0 0
  Bergman ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Lemon rf 3 1 1 0
  Lynn ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Schu dh 3 0 0 0
  Richie ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Heath c 2 0 0 0
  Lusader ph 1 1 0 0
Williams lf,rf 3 0 1 1
  Nokes ph 0 0 0 0
  Brumley pr 0 1 0 0
Strange 3b 2 1 0 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 6 4
Toronto 002 001 000382
Detroit 000 000 103461
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan   6.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Wells   1.1 3 1 1 1 1
  Ward  L (4-10) 1.0 0 3 2 1 2
  Henke   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.1
6
4
3
4
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana   7.0 6 3 1 3 7
  Henneman  W (11-4) 2.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
1
4
8

  E–Gruber (22), Ward (1), Strange (19).  DP–Detroit 1.  3B–Detroit K Williams (1,off Wells).  HBP–Whitaker (3,by Flanagan); Heath (4,by Flanagan); Strange (1,by Ward).  CS–Moseby (7,2nd base by Tanana/Heath); Pettis (14,2nd base by Flanagan/Borders).  HBP–Flanagan 2 (5,Whitaker,Heath); Ward (5,Strange).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–3:04.  A–16,185.
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