Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
September 18, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Boston Red Sox 4, Detroit Tigers 0

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Frye 2b 4 0 0 0
Garciaparra ss 3 0 0 0
Vaughn 1b 5 0 1 0
Canseco dh 5 0 1 0
Valentin 3b 4 1 1 0
Greenwell lf 4 1 2 0
  Tinsley cf 0 0 0 0
Pemberton rf 4 2 3 1
Haselman c 4 0 3 2
Bragg cf,lf 3 0 0 0
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 11 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Higginson lf,cf 4 0 0 0
Trammell 2b 4 0 1 0
Sierra dh 4 0 1 0
Clark 1b 4 0 0 0
Fryman ss 4 0 0 0
Nieves rf 3 0 1 0
Nevin 3b 3 0 1 0
Ausmus c 3 0 1 0
Bartee cf 2 0 0 0
  Hiatt ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Sager p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 5 0
Boston 000 300 0104110
Detroit 000 000 000051
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens  W (10-12) 9.0 5 0 0 0 20
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
0
20
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Thompson  L (1-6) 4.0 6 3 3 2 3
  Nitkowski   2.0 3 0 0 2 0
  Sager   3.0 2 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
4
6

  E–Nieves (12).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Boston Pemberton 2 (5,off Thompson,off Sager).  SB–Garciaparra (1,2nd base off Thompson/Ausmus); Greenwell (4,2nd base off Nitkowski/Ausmus); Trammell (6,2nd base off Clemens/Haselman); Ausmus (3,2nd base off Clemens/Haselman).  WP–Clemens (8).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Ed Hickox.  T–2:56.  A–8,779.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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