Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
April 21, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1998 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 11, Detroit Tigers 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garciaparra ss 5 3 3 5
Jefferson dh 5 1 1 2
Valentin 3b 3 1 0 0
Vaughn 1b 5 0 1 0
O'Leary lf 4 0 0 0
  Buford cf 1 0 0 0
Hatteberg c 4 2 2 0
Bragg rf 3 1 1 0
Lewis cf,lf 4 2 3 3
Lemke 2b 4 1 1 1
Rose p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Shouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 11 12 11
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 4 0 0 0
Roberts dh 4 0 0 0
Higginson rf 3 0 1 0
  Bartee ph 1 1 1 1
Clark 1b 4 1 1 1
Gonzalez lf 3 1 1 1
  Incaviglia ph 1 0 0 0
Easley ss 4 1 2 1
Catalanotto 2b 4 0 1 0
Oliver c 4 0 0 0
Randa 3b 3 0 0 0
Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Sager p 0 0 0 0
  Duran p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Runyan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 7 4
Boston 230 400 10111121
Detroit 010 000 102472
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Rose  W (1-1) 7.0 4 2 2 0 3
  Eckersley   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Shouse   1.0 3 2 2 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
0
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Worrell  L (1-3) 3.0 6 7 6 1 1
  Sager   3.0 3 2 2 1 2
  Duran   1.0 1 1 1 3 1
  Brocail   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Runyan   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
11
10
6
5

  E–Valentin (4), Catalanotto 2 (2).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Boston Lewis (2,off Worrell); Hatteberg (3,off Worrell), Detroit Higginson (5,off Rose); Easley (4,off Rose).  HR–Boston Jefferson (1,1st inning off Worrell 1 on, 0 out); Garciaparra 2 (5,2nd inning off Worrell 1 on, 2 out,4th inning off Sager 2 on, 1 out), Detroit Clark (2,2nd inning off Rose 0 on, 0 out); Gonzalez (2,7th inning off Rose 0 on, 1 out); Bartee (1,9th inning off Shouse 0 on, 0 out); Easley (4,9th inning off Shouse 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Lemke (1,off Sager).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Terry Craft.  T–2:35.  A–10,022.
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