San Diego Padres vs Detroit Tigers
October 12, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 12, 1984 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Diego Padres 2, Detroit Tigers 5

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins 2b 5 1 2 0
Gwynn rf 5 1 2 0
Garvey 1b 5 0 1 1
Nettles 3b 2 0 0 1
Kennedy c 3 0 0 0
Bevacqua dh 4 0 1 0
Martinez lf 4 0 1 0
Templeton ss 4 0 2 0
Brown cf 3 0 0 0
  Salazar ph 1 0 1 0
Lollar p 0 0 0 0
  Booker p 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 10 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 3 1 0 0
Trammell ss 3 1 2 1
Gibson rf 2 0 0 1
Parrish c 3 0 1 0
Herndon lf 4 0 1 1
Garbey dh 5 0 0 0
Lemon cf 5 1 2 0
Evans 1b 2 1 0 0
  Bergman 1b 0 0 0 0
Castillo 3b 4 1 1 2
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Scherrer p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 7 5
San Diego 001 000 1002100
Detroit 041 000 00x570
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Lollar  L (0-1) 1.2 4 4 4 4 0
  Booker   1.0 0 1 1 4 0
  Harris   5.1 3 0 0 3 5
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
11
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  W (1-0) 6.0 7 1 1 2 4
  Scherrer   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Hernandez  SV (1) 2.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
2
4

  E–None.  2B–San Diego Wiggins (1,off Wilcox); Garvey (1,off Scherrer), Detroit Trammell (1,off Lollar).  HR–Detroit Castillo (1,2nd inning off Lollar 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Nettles (2,off Scherrer).  HBP–Gibson (1,by Harris).  SB–Gibson (2,2nd base off Harris/Kennedy).  WP–Lollar (1).  HBP–Harris (1,Gibson).  U–Bruce Froemming (NL), Rich Garcia (AL), Paul Runge (NL), Mike Reilly (AL), Larry Barnett (AL), Doug Harvey (NL).  T–3:11.  A–51,970.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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