New York Mets vs Detroit Tigers
July 2, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 1997 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 7, Detroit Tigers 9

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Everett cf,rf 5 2 1 0
Alfonzo ss 5 0 3 3
Olerud 1b 5 0 0 1
  McMichael p 0 0 0 0
Hundley dh,c 3 2 3 0
Baerga 2b 4 0 3 0
Huskey rf,1b 5 0 0 0
Gilkey lf 4 1 2 2
Franco 3b 5 1 1 0
Castillo c 3 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,cf 1 1 1 1
Mlicki p 0 0 0 0
  Acevedo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 14 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 4 1 3 2
Higginson rf,lf 5 0 0 0
Fryman 3b 5 0 1 1
Clark 1b 4 2 2 1
Hamelin dh 2 0 0 0
Easley 2b 4 2 2 1
Pride lf 2 1 0 1
  Cruz ss 0 0 0 0
Johnson c 3 0 0 0
  Casanova ph,c 0 1 0 0
Miller ss 2 1 1 0
  Nieves rf 1 1 1 2
Blair p 0 0 0 0
  Sager p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 9 10 8
New York 100 011 1217141
Detroit 011 301 12x9102
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Mlicki  L (4-7) 5.0 7 6 5 4 3
  Acevedo   2.0 1 1 1 1 1
  McMichael   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
9
8
6
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Blair  W (5-4) 5.0 8 3 3 1 3
  Sager   1.1 1 1 0 0 0
  Myers   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Miceli   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Jones  SV (11) 1.1 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
7
6
3
5

  E–Castillo (2), Hunter (1), Miller (1).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–New York Alfonzo 2 (17,off Blair,off Miceli); Gilkey (13,off Miceli); Baerga (13,off Jones), Detroit Fryman (13,off Mlicki).  3B–Detroit Clark (2,off Mlicki).  HR–Detroit Easley (13,4th inning off Mlicki 0 on, 1 out); Clark (21,7th inning off Acevedo 0 on, 1 out); Nieves (11,8th inning off McMichael 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Gilkey (6,off Jones); Hunter (2,off Acevedo).  HBP–Miller (1,by Acevedo).  SB–Alfonzo (6,2nd base off Myers/Johnson); Hunter 2 (41,2nd base off Mlicki/Castillo,2nd base off McMichael/Hundley); Miller (1,2nd base off Mlicki/Castillo); Easley (18,3rd base off Acevedo/Castillo); Pride (5,2nd base off Acevedo/Castillo).  CS–Hunter (7,2nd base by Mlicki/Castillo).  HBP–Acevedo (1,Miller).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Terry Craft.  T–3:46.  A–16,211.
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