Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
September 17, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1996 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 4, Detroit Tigers 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bragg cf,rf 3 0 1 0
Frye 2b 4 1 1 1
Jefferson dh 3 1 1 0
  Canseco ph,dh 0 0 0 1
Vaughn 1b 4 0 1 1
Greenwell lf 4 0 1 1
  Tinsley cf 1 0 0 0
Valentin 3b 4 0 1 0
O'Leary rf,lf 3 1 1 0
Garciaparra ss 4 0 0 0
Haselman c 3 1 2 0
Sele p 0 0 0 0
  Brandenburg p 0 0 0 0
  Eshelman p 0 0 0 0
  Maddux p 0 0 0 0
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Penn dh 3 0 0 0
  Sierra ph,dh 1 0 1 2
Lewis M. 2b 1 0 0 0
  Trammell pr,2b 3 0 0 0
Fryman ss 4 0 1 0
Higginson lf 3 0 1 0
Clark 1b 4 0 1 0
Nieves rf 5 0 0 0
Nevin 3b 5 0 1 0
Ausmus c 2 1 1 0
Bartee cf 3 1 2 0
Lira p 0 0 0 0
  Eischen p 0 0 0 0
  Lewis R. p 0 0 0 0
  Cummings p 0 0 0 0
  Lima p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Boston 200 000 101490
Detroit 000 002 000280
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sele   5.1 7 2 2 4 7
  Brandenburg  W (5-5) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Eshelman   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Maddux   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Slocumb  SV (28) 1.2 0 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
7
13
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lira  L (6-14) 6.1 6 3 3 3 5
  Eischen   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Lewis   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Cummings   0.2 1 0 0 2 1
  Lima   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Myers   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
7
8

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Boston Valentin (29,off Cummings); Frye (22,off Lima), Detroit Bartee (5,off Sele); Sierra (26,off Sele).  SH–Bragg (2,off Lima); Bartee (11,off Maddux).  IBB–Canseco (3,by Lima).  HBP–M Lewis (5,by Sele).  SB–Frye (14,3rd base off Myers/Ausmus); Higginson (6,2nd base off Sele/Haselman).  CS–Valentin (10,Home by Lima/Ausmus).  HBP–Sele (8,M Lewis).  IBB–Lima (3,Canseco).  U-HP–Ed Hickox, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–John Shulock.  T–3:26.  A–8,180.
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