Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
April 21, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1999 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Boston Red Sox 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 2, Detroit Tigers 9

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 4 0 2 1
Valentin 3b 4 0 0 0
Garciaparra ss 3 1 1 0
Jefferson dh 4 0 2 0
Stanley 1b 4 0 0 1
O'Leary lf 4 0 0 0
Buford cf 4 1 2 0
Varitek c 4 0 0 0
Lewis rf 3 0 1 0
Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Harikkala p 0 0 0 0
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
  Gross p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 4 2 3 0
Jefferies dh 5 0 0 0
Higginson rf 4 1 2 1
Clark 1b 4 2 2 2
Palmer 3b 4 2 3 5
Catalanotto 2b 4 1 2 1
Encarnacion lf 4 0 0 0
Ausmus c 4 0 0 0
Cruz ss 4 1 3 0
Moehler p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Kida p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 15 9
Boston 000 110 000281
Detroit 022 100 40x9150
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield  L (1-2) 3.2 8 5 5 1 1
  Harikkala   3.0 3 2 2 0 3
  Guthrie   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Gross   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
15
9
9
1
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Moehler  W (2-2) 6.2 7 2 2 1 3
  Anderson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Kida   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
4

  E–Valentin (4).  2B–Boston Jefferson (1,off Kida), Detroit Palmer (2,off Wakefield); Hunter 2 (2,off Wakefield,off Harikkala); Higginson (6,off Harikkala).  HR–Detroit Palmer 2 (2,2nd inning off Wakefield 1 on, 0 out,7th inning off Guthrie 0 on, 2 out); Catalanotto (1,4th inning off Wakefield 0 on, 0 out); Clark (3,7th inning off Guthrie 1 on, 2 out).  SB–Buford (2,2nd base off Moehler/Ausmus); Offerman (2,2nd base off Moehler/Ausmus); D Cruz (1,2nd base off Wakefield/Varitek).  CS–Offerman (2,2nd base by Moehler/Ausmus); Hunter (3,2nd base by Wakefield/Varitek); Encarnacion (2,2nd base by Harikkala/Varitek).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:32.  A–13,049.
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