Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
August 28, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 2005 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 11

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Polanco 2b 5 2 1 0
Inge 3b 5 1 3 0
Shelton 1b 3 0 1 2
Ordonez rf 4 0 1 1
Young dh 4 0 1 0
Monroe lf 4 0 1 0
McDonald ss 4 0 1 0
Wilson c 4 0 1 0
Logan cf 4 0 0 0
Robertson p 0 0 0 0
  German p 0 0 0 0
  Spurling p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 10 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 4 1 2 3
Renteria ss 5 0 1 0
  Cora pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Ortiz dh 5 2 3 3
Ramirez lf 5 1 2 0
Varitek c 4 1 1 1
Millar 1b 3 2 1 0
  Olerud 1b 0 0 0 0
Mueller 3b 4 2 3 2
Graffanino 2b 3 1 1 1
Kapler rf 3 0 0 1
Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 14 11
Detroit 101 010 0003101
Boston 120 104 12x11142
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Robertson  L (6-11) 5.2 9 8 8 3 5
  German   0.2 3 1 1 1 1
  Spurling   1.2 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
11
11
4
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wells  W (11-6) 7.0 9 3 2 0 7
  Bradford   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Alvarez   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
2
0
7

  E–Polanco (2), Millar (7), Mueller (10).  DP–Detroit 1. Polanco-McDonald-Shelton.  2B–Detroit Ordonez (14,off Wells); Inge 2 (27,off Wells 2); Shelton (18,off Wells), Boston Mueller (29,off Robertson); Varitek (28,off Robertson); Graffanino (12,off Robertson); M. Ramirez (28,off German).  HR–Boston Mueller (8,4th inning off Robertson 0 on 2 out); Ortiz (33,8th inning off Spurling 1 on 1 out).  SF–Shelton (3,off Wells); Kapler (1,off Robertson).  Team LOB–8.  Team–6.  SB–Monroe (8,2nd base off Wells/Varitek).  U-HP–Sam Holbrook, 1B–Larry Vanover, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Jim Wolf.  T–2:50.  A–34,568.
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