Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
May 31, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1999 at Fenway Park. 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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Detroit Tigers 7, Boston Red Sox 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Polonia dh 5 1 4 1
Ausmus c 4 0 0 1
  Haselman c 1 0 0 0
Easley 2b 2 1 0 0
Higginson rf 5 1 2 2
Palmer 3b 3 1 1 2
Kapler cf 4 1 1 1
Encarnacion lf 4 0 2 0
Catalanotto 1b 4 1 1 0
Cruz ss 3 1 1 0
  Jefferies ph 1 0 0 0
Florie p 0 0 0 0
  Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Kida p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 12 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 3 3 3 0
Valentin 3b 5 0 0 0
Daubach dh 3 1 1 2
  Varitek ph,dh,c 1 1 1 2
Garciaparra ss 4 1 2 1
O'Leary lf 4 2 2 2
Stanley 1b 3 0 0 0
Gubanich c 4 0 1 1
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
Lewis cf 4 0 2 0
Nixon rf 3 0 0 0
Portugal p 0 0 0 0
  Rapp p 0 0 0 0
  Wasdin p 0 0 0 0
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
  Lowe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 12 8
Detroit 231 000 0107121
Boston 100 021 40x8120
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Florie   6.0 8 4 3 1 2
  Nitkowski   0.1 0 1 1 1 0
  Anderson  L (1-1) 0.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Kida   1.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
12
8
7
3
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Portugal   3.0 7 6 6 0 0
  Rapp   3.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Wasdin  W (4-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Guthrie   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Lowe   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Gordon  SV (11) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
0
4

  E–Florie (2).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Polonia 2 (4,off Portugal 2).  HR–Detroit Kapler (6,2nd inning off Portugal 0 on, 0 out); Higginson (8,3rd inning off Portugal 0 on, 0 out); Palmer (11,8th inning off Lowe 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Palmer (1,off Portugal).  HBP–Easley 3 (8,by Portugal,by Rapp,by Gordon); Stanley (7,by Anderson).  SB–Polonia 2 (3,2nd base off Wasdin/Gubanich,2nd base off Gordon/Varitek); Encarnacion (16,2nd base off Lowe/Gubanich); Garciaparra (6,2nd base off Florie/Ausmus).  CS–Higginson (5,2nd base by Portugal/Gubanich); Encarnacion (7,2nd base by Rapp/Gubanich).  HBP–Anderson (1,Stanley); Portugal (3,Easley); Rapp (2,Easley); Gordon (1,Easley).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Ted Barrett, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:57.  A–27,883.
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