Detroit Tigers vs San Diego Padres
October 9, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 9, 1984 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 3, San Diego Padres 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 1 1 0
Trammell ss 5 0 2 1
Gibson rf 4 0 0 0
Parrish c 3 1 2 0
Herndon lf 3 1 2 2
Garbey dh 4 0 0 0
Lemon cf 4 0 1 0
Evans 1b 3 0 0 0
  Bergman pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Castillo 3b 2 0 0 0
  Grubb ph 0 0 0 0
  Brookens ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins 2b 4 0 1 0
Gwynn rf 2 0 1 0
Garvey 1b 4 1 1 0
Nettles 3b 2 1 2 0
  Salazar pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Kennedy c 4 0 2 2
Brown cf 4 0 0 0
Martinez lf 4 0 0 0
Templeton ss 4 0 0 0
Bevacqua dh 3 0 1 0
Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Dravecky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 2
Detroit 100 020 000380
San Diego 200 000 000281
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  W (1-0) 9.0 8 2 2 3 9
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
3
9
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Thurmond  L (0-1) 5.0 7 3 3 3 2
  Hawkins   2.2 1 0 0 3 0
  Dravecky   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
6
3

  E–Martinez (1).  DP–Detroit 1, San Diego 1.  2B–Detroit Whitaker (1,off Thurmond); Parrish (1,off Thurmond), San Diego Kennedy (1,off Morris); Bevacqua (1,off Morris).  HR–Detroit Herndon (1,5th inning off Thurmond 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Evans (1,by Hawkins).  SB–Trammell (1,2nd base off Thurmond/Kennedy); Gwynn (1,2nd base off Morris/Parrish).  CS–Trammell (1,2nd base by Thurmond/Kennedy); Gibson (1,2nd base by Thurmond/Kennedy); Gwynn (1,2nd base by Morris/Parrish).  IBB–Hawkins (1,Evans).  U–Doug Harvey (NL), Larry Barnett (AL), Bruce Froemming (NL), Rich Garcia (AL), Mike Reilly (AL), Paul Runge (NL).  T–3:18.  A–57,908.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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