Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
September 24, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1997 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 9, Detroit Tigers 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garciaparra ss 4 0 0 1
Frye 2b 5 1 1 0
Vaughn 1b 4 2 1 2
Jefferson dh 4 1 1 0
Cordero lf 5 1 2 0
O'Leary rf 4 1 2 0
Hatteberg c 4 2 3 2
  Varitek ph,c 1 0 1 0
Benjamin 3b 5 1 1 1
Bragg cf 5 0 3 2
Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Brandenburg p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 9 15 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 2 0 0 0
  Bartee cf 1 1 0 0
Catalanotto 2b 4 0 2 0
Fryman 3b 2 1 1 1
  Hurst lf 1 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 0 1 1
Hamelin dh 3 0 0 0
Nevin lf,3b 3 0 0 0
Nieves rf 4 0 0 0
Casanova c 3 0 1 0
  Jensen c 1 0 0 0
Cruz ss 4 0 0 0
Blair p 0 0 0 0
  Duran p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Jarvis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Boston 001 033 2009150
Detroit 100 000 010251
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield  W (12-15) 7.0 4 2 2 4 7
  Brandenburg   2.0 1 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
5
11
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Blair  L (16-8) 5.0 10 7 6 0 3
  Duran   1.1 1 2 2 2 0
  Myers   1.2 2 0 0 0 2
  Jarvis   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
15
9
8
2
7

  E–Hunter (4).  2B–Boston Hatteberg (23,off Blair); Bragg (35,off Blair); Benjamin (9,off Blair); Frye (36,off Myers), Detroit Casanova (10,off Wakefield).  HR–Boston Vaughn (34,5th inning off Blair 1 on, 2 out), Detroit Fryman (21,1st inning off Wakefield 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Garciaparra (7,off Duran).  HBP–Vaughn (12,by Duran).  SB–Bragg (10,2nd base off Blair/Casanova); Fryman (15,2nd base off Wakefield/Hatteberg).  HBP–Duran (3,Vaughn).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:56.  A–10,067.
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