Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
April 12, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1990 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 7, Detroit Tigers 11

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 5 2 2 1
Barrett 2b 3 2 3 1
Greenwell lf 4 0 0 0
Burks cf 5 0 3 1
Evans dh 5 0 3 2
Pena c 5 1 1 1
Romine rf 2 0 0 0
  Heep ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Reed ss 3 1 1 0
Quintana 1b 3 1 2 0
  Buckner ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Rochford p 0 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
  Kiecker p 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 15 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 3b 4 2 4 3
Trammell ss 4 1 2 2
Whitaker 2b 4 1 2 2
Fielder 1b 4 0 1 0
Moseby cf 5 1 2 0
Ward dh 4 2 1 0
Lemon rf 2 1 0 0
  Nokes c 0 0 0 0
Heath c,rf 2 1 1 1
Williams lf 1 1 0 1
  Sheets pr,lf 3 1 0 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Lugo p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 11 13 9
Boston 100 130 1017152
Detroit 244 010 00x11131
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Rochford  L (0-1) 1.2 5 6 4 3 0
  Gardner   0.1 1 2 2 1 1
  Kiecker   4.0 4 3 2 3 4
  Harris   2.0 3 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
13
11
8
8
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana   4.2 9 5 5 1 3
  Lugo  W (1-0) 3.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Henneman   1.0 4 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
2
3

  E–Greenwell (1), Jody Reed (3), Fielder (2).  DP–Boston 2, Detroit 2.  2B–Boston Quintana (1,off Tanana); Burks (1,off Lugo), Detroit Moseby (1,off Harris).  3B–Detroit Heath (1,off Kiecker).  HR–Boston Pena (1,4th inning off Tanana 0 on, 2 out), Detroit Whitaker (1,1st inning off Rochford 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Barrett (1,off Tanana); Heath (1,off Kiecker).  HBP–Greenwell (2,by Tanana); Williams (1,by Kiecker); Heath (1,by Harris).  SH–Heath (1,off Rochford).  IBB–Nokes 2 (2,by Kiecker,by Harris).  SB–Barrett (1,2nd base off Tanana/Heath); Phillips (1,2nd base off Rochford/Pena); Williams (1,2nd base off Rochford/Pena).  CS–Burks (1,2nd base by Tanana/Heath); Phillips (1,2nd base by Rochford/Pena).  WP–Gardner (1), Kiecker (1).  HBP–Kiecker (1,Williams); Harris (1,Heath); Tanana (1,Greenwell).  IBB–Kiecker (1,Nokes); Harris (1,Nokes).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–3:36.  A–44,906.
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