Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
May 2, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 2000 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 7, Boston Red Sox 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Polonia rf 4 0 1 0
  Magee ph,rf 3 1 1 2
Jefferies 3b 4 0 1 1
  Halter 3b 3 0 2 0
Encarnacion cf 7 0 2 1
Gonzalez dh 7 1 2 1
Higginson lf 5 1 2 0
Easley 2b 5 1 1 1
Fick c 3 1 2 0
  Ausmus c 2 0 0 0
Clark 1b 5 1 2 1
Cruz ss 5 1 2 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Poole p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Blair p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 53 7 18 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Frye 2b 6 0 0 0
Nixon rf 6 0 3 0
Daubach 1b 6 0 0 0
Garciaparra ss 4 2 2 0
O'Leary lf 5 2 2 2
Everett cf 4 1 0 0
Stanley dh 5 0 1 0
  Lewis pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Varitek c 4 1 2 2
Veras 3b 2 0 0 1
  Hatteberg ph 1 0 0 0
  Alexander 3b 1 0 0 0
Rose p 0 0 0 0
  Wasdin p 0 0 0 0
  Stanifer p 0 0 0 0
  Cormier p 0 0 0 0
  Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 6 10 5
Detroit 040 001 100 0017182
Boston 040 002 000 0006100
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   5.0 5 5 4 1 2
  Poole   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Anderson   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Brocail   3.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Blair  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Jones  SV (5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
10
6
5
3
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Rose   1.2 6 4 4 0 0
  Wasdin   1.1 1 0 0 3 1
  Stanifer   2.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Cormier   1.2 4 1 1 1 0
  Wakefield  L (1-2) 5.1 4 1 1 1 3
Totals
12.0
18
7
7
5
4

  E–Encarnacion (4), Clark (3).  DP–Detroit 2, Boston 1.  2B–Detroit Easley (1,off Rose); D Cruz (8,off Stanifer); Clark (2,off Cormier); Halter (2,off Wakefield), Boston Varitek (5,off Johnson); Garciaparra (7,off Johnson); Nixon 2 (8,off Brocail 2).  3B–Detroit Higginson (2,off Rose).  HR–Detroit Gonzalez (4,2nd inning off Rose 0 on, 0 out); Magee (3,12th inning off Wakefield 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–D Cruz (1,by Cormier); Garciaparra (3,by Brocail).  SF–Veras (1,off Johnson).  SB–Easley (1,2nd base off Wasdin/Varitek).  WP–Anderson (1).  IBB–Brocail (1,Garciaparra); Cormier (1,D Cruz).  U-HP–Dan Iassogna, 1B–Mark Hirschbeck, 2B–Ian Lamplugh, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–3:56.  A–22,897.
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