Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
May 23, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1991 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 3, Detroit Tigers 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 1 2 0
Reed 2b 3 0 1 0
Burks cf 5 1 1 1
Clark dh 2 1 1 1
  Romine pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Greenwell lf 5 0 1 0
Brunansky rf 4 0 0 0
Quintana 1b 4 0 2 0
Pena c 3 0 1 1
Rivera ss 3 0 1 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 0 0
  Brumley ss 0 0 0 0
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Fossas p 0 0 0 0
  Gray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Phillips ss 3 1 1 0
Whitaker 2b 3 2 1 0
Moseby lf 3 0 0 0
Fielder 1b 3 1 1 1
Tettleton c 4 0 1 2
Deer rf 3 1 1 1
Incaviglia dh 4 0 1 1
Fryman 3b 3 0 0 0
Shelby cf 3 0 0 0
  Cuyler cf 0 0 0 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Leiter p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
  Gibson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 6 5
Boston 000 002 0013101
Detroit 000 200 12x561
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens  L (6-2) 7.0 5 4 4 2 10
  Fossas   0.1 0 1 0 1 0
  Gray   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
5
4
3
10
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana   5.2 7 2 2 3 1
  Leiter   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Henneman  W (4-1) 1.2 3 1 0 2 3
  Gibson  SV (4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
2
7
4

  E–Fossas (1), Fryman (5).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Whitaker (6,off Clemens); Incaviglia (6,off Clemens).  HR–Boston Burks (3,6th inning off Tanana 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Reed (3,off Leiter); Whitaker (2,off Fossas); Moseby (1,off Fossas).  IBB–Clark (1,by Tanana); Fielder (4,by Fossas).  SB–Phillips (6,2nd base off Clemens/Pena).  IBB–Fossas (2,Fielder); Tanana (4,Clark).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–3:33.  A–14,744.
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