Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
May 21, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 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 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Jefferies 1b 5 1 2 2
Ausmus c 5 1 2 0
Becker cf 4 1 2 0
Gonzalez rf 5 1 2 1
Higginson lf 4 0 0 0
Palmer 3b 4 2 1 1
Fick dh 3 1 0 0
Macias 2b 4 0 2 2
Cruz ss 3 0 0 1
Nomo p 0 0 0 0
  Blair p 0 0 0 0
  McDill p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 11 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 5 1 1 0
Nixon rf 3 0 1 0
  Frye ph,rf 2 1 2 1
Daubach dh 5 0 0 0
Stanley 1b 3 1 1 2
Everett cf 4 0 1 1
O'Leary lf 4 0 1 1
Varitek c 4 0 0 0
Valentin 3b 4 1 2 0
Sadler ss 4 1 3 0
Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Wasdin p 0 0 0 0
  Cormier p 0 0 0 0
  Garces p 0 0 0 0
  Lowe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 12 5
Detroit 115 000 0007110
Boston 000 001 3105121
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Nomo  W (2-3) 5.1 5 1 1 2 6
  Blair   0.2 3 2 2 0 0
  McDill   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Anderson   0.2 0 0 0 2 1
  Patterson   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Brocail   1.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Jones  SV (12) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
4
12
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  L (3-3) 2.1 6 7 7 3 1
  Wasdin   2.2 3 0 0 0 3
  Cormier   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Garces   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Lowe   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
3
8

  E–Sadler (1).  2B–Detroit Palmer (4,off R Martinez); Gonzalez 2 (12,off R Martinez,off Lowe); Becker (4,off Wasdin), Boston Frye (2,off Brocail).  HR–Detroit Jefferies (2,1st inning off R Martinez 0 on, 0 out), Boston Stanley (8,6th inning off Nomo 0 on, 1 out).  SF–D Cruz (3,off Wasdin).  IBB–Higginson (1,by R Martinez).  IBB–R Martinez (1,Higginson).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Jim Reynolds, 2B–Mark Wegner, 3B–Mike Fichter.  T–3:34.  A–31,893.
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