Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
May 31, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1991 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 9, Cleveland Indians 11

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Phillips ss 4 2 2 0
  Trammell ss 0 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 5 1 1 1
Bergman dh 4 2 1 3
Fielder 1b 5 1 2 0
Tettleton c 4 3 3 1
Incaviglia lf 5 0 3 1
Deer rf 5 0 0 1
Fryman 3b 3 0 1 1
  Shelby ph 1 0 0 0
Cuyler cf 4 0 1 0
Ritz p 0 0 0 0
  Leiter p 0 0 0 0
  Dalton p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
  Petry p 0 0 0 0
  Gibson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 14 8
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Cole cf 3 2 1 0
Lewis 2b 5 1 2 0
James dh 4 1 3 1
Belle lf 4 1 1 0
  Ward rf 0 0 0 0
Baerga 3b 5 1 1 0
Jacoby 1b 3 3 3 3
Allred rf 2 1 1 1
  Huff ph,rf,lf 2 0 0 0
Skinner c 5 1 2 2
Fermin ss 4 0 2 2
King p 0 0 0 0
  Valdez p 0 0 0 0
  Hillegas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 11 16 9
Detroit 112 020 3009142
Cleveland 530 002 01x11161
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Ritz  L (0-1) 0.2 4 5 5 2 0
  Leiter   1.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Dalton   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton   2.0 4 0 0 2 2
  Petry   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Gibson   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
16
11
11
5
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
King   3.2 7 4 4 2 0
  Valdez  W (1-0) 2.1 4 5 4 1 2
  Hillegas  SV (3) 3.0 3 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
14
9
8
3
6

  E–Phillips (2), Tettleton (2), Belle (3).  DP–Detroit 1, Cleveland 1.  2B–Detroit Tettleton (4,off S Valdez); Incaviglia 2 (8,off Hillegas 2), Cleveland Skinner 2 (6,off Leiter,off Petry); Fermin (3,off Dalton).  3B–Detroit Whitaker (1,off King), Cleveland Fermin (1,off Petry).  HR–Detroit Bergman (1,5th inning off S Valdez 0 on, 0 out), Cleveland Jacoby (4,8th inning off Gibson 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Fryman (3,off King).  HBP–Belle (3,by Leiter); Huff (4,by Gibson).  IBB–Jacoby (2,by Gleaton); James (1,by Gleaton).  SB–Cole 2 (6,2nd base off Leiter/Tettleton,3rd base off Leiter/Tettleton); Huff (8,2nd base off Gibson/Tettleton).  CS–Cole (4,2nd base by Gleaton/Tettleton).  WP–S Valdez (1).  BK–King (1).  HBP–Leiter (2,Belle); Gibson (1,Huff).  IBB–Gleaton 2 (4,Jacoby,James).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Dale Scott, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–3:29.  A–22,658.
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