Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
June 28, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 28, 1997 at Fenway Park. 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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Detroit Tigers 9, Boston Red Sox 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 4 1 1 1
Higginson lf 5 0 1 0
Fryman 3b 4 2 2 1
Clark 1b 2 2 1 1
Hamelin dh 3 0 1 0
  Nevin ph,dh 2 1 2 4
Nieves rf 3 1 1 1
Casanova c 5 0 0 0
Easley 2b 3 2 2 0
Miller ss 4 0 0 0
  Cruz ss 1 0 0 0
Lira p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 11 8
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Frye 3b 4 0 1 0
Bragg rf 4 0 0 0
Valentin 2b 4 0 1 0
Jefferson dh 4 2 2 0
Stanley 1b 3 0 3 1
O'Leary lf 4 0 0 0
Hatteberg c 4 0 0 1
Benjamin ss 2 0 0 0
Tavarez cf 4 0 0 0
Sele p 0 0 0 0
  Eshelman p 0 0 0 0
  Lacy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Detroit 101 001 1149110
Boston 000 101 000272
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lira  W (5-4) 6.0 6 2 2 1 3
  Brocail   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Miceli   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sele  L (9-6) 6.1 7 4 4 4 4
  Eshelman   1.2 1 1 1 2 1
  Lacy   1.0 3 4 3 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
9
8
7
5

  E–Frye 2 (8).  DP–Boston 1.  PB–Casanova (3).  2B–Detroit Fryman 2 (11,off Sele,off Lacy); Nevin (10,off Eshelman); Easley (15,off Lacy), Boston Stanley (12,off Lira).  HR–Detroit Clark (20,3rd inning off Sele 0 on, 0 out); Nieves (10,6th inning off Sele 0 on, 0 out); Nevin (3,9th inning off Lacy 2 on, 0 out).  SF–Fryman (7,off Sele); Hunter (1,off Eshelman).  HBP–Easley (8,by Sele); Benjamin (1,by Lira).  IBB–Clark 2 (7,by Sele,by Lacy); Nieves (6,by Eshelman).  SB–Easley 4 (16,2nd base off Sele/Hatteberg 2,2nd base off Eshelman/Hatteberg,3rd base off Eshelman/Hatteberg).  CS–Hamelin (1,2nd base by Sele/Hatteberg).  HBP–Lira (1,Benjamin); Sele (9,Easley).  IBB–Sele (3,Clark); Eshelman (5,Nieves); Lacy (3,Clark).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Dale Scott, 2B–Martin Foster, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–3:08.  A–30,886.
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