Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
September 17, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 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 3, Boston Red Sox 14

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Ausmus c 2 1 2 0
Cruz D. ss 4 1 0 0
Clark 1b 4 0 2 1
Palmer 3b 2 0 1 1
  Wood ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Easley 2b 4 0 2 0
Fick dh 4 1 1 1
Encarnacion lf 4 0 0 0
Kapler cf 4 0 0 0
Garcia rf 4 0 0 0
Blair p 0 0 0 0
  Borkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Kida p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz N. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 6 1 3 1
Lewis cf 5 1 1 0
Varitek c 5 2 2 1
Garciaparra ss 4 2 3 1
O'Leary lf 3 3 1 0
Stanley 1b 3 3 2 5
Hatteberg dh 5 1 2 3
Veras 3b 5 1 2 2
Nixon rf 4 0 0 0
Rapp p 0 0 0 0
  Florie p 0 0 0 0
  Ohka p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 14 16 13
Detroit 101 100 000381
Boston 412 010 06x14160
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Blair  L (2-11) 2.0 8 7 7 1 0
  Borkowski   3.0 2 1 0 2 2
  Kida   2.0 5 6 6 2 2
  Cruz   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
16
14
13
5
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Rapp   4.0 6 3 3 2 3
  Florie  W (4-1) 4.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Ohka   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
5

  E–K Garcia (6).  DP–Boston 2.  2B–Detroit Clark (27,off Rapp), Boston Veras (4,off Blair); Lewis (14,off Kida); Garciaparra (40,off Kida); Hatteberg (2,off Kida).  3B–Boston Offerman (11,off Blair).  HR–Detroit Fick (2,4th inning off Rapp 0 on, 0 out), Boston Stanley (18,1st inning off Blair 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Ausmus (12,by Florie); Garciaparra (7,by Borkowski); Lewis (5,by Borkowski).  HBP–Borkowski 2 (2,Garciaparra,Lewis); Florie (2,Ausmus).  U-HP–Eric Cooper, 1B–Gary Cederstrom, 2B–Ted Barrett, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:03.  A–29,038.
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