Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
June 2, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1999 at Fenway Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 4, Boston Red Sox 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Jefferies dh 5 1 1 0
Ausmus c 4 0 1 0
Palmer 3b 4 0 0 0
Higginson rf 3 1 1 0
Easley 2b 3 1 1 1
Garcia lf 3 0 0 0
Kapler cf 3 0 1 1
Catalanotto 1b 4 1 1 0
Cruz ss 4 0 1 1
Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Offerman dh 4 0 0 0
Valentin 3b 4 0 0 0
Garciaparra ss 4 1 1 0
Stanley 1b 4 1 3 2
Varitek c 4 0 0 0
O'Leary lf 3 0 0 0
Buford cf 3 0 0 0
  Nixon ph 1 0 0 0
Frye 2b 3 0 0 0
Lewis rf 3 0 2 0
Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Detroit 001 200 010471
Boston 000 000 002262
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Thompson  W (5-6) 8.0 6 2 2 1 4
  Jones  SV (9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield  L (3-5) 8.0 7 4 3 2 4
  Guthrie   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
2
4

  E–Palmer (10), Garciaparra (5), Varitek (3).  DP–Detroit 1, Boston 1.  PB–Varitek (12).  2B–Detroit Easley (14,off Wakefield); Kapler (5,off Wakefield), Boston Stanley (11,off Thompson).  HR–Boston Stanley (6,9th inning off Thompson 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Kapler (1,off Wakefield).  IBB–Higginson (1,by Wakefield).  SB–Easley 2 (6,2nd base off Wakefield/Varitek,3rd base off Wakefield/Varitek); Catalanotto (3,2nd base off Wakefield/Varitek); K Garcia (1,2nd base off Wakefield/Varitek); Lewis (8,2nd base off Thompson/Ausmus).  IBB–Wakefield (1,Higginson).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Chuck Meriwether, 3B–Ted Barrett.  T–2:31.  A–27,280.
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