Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
September 1, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 1, 1987 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians 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)
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Cleveland Indians 5, Detroit Tigers 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 5 1 0 0
Hinzo 2b 6 1 1 3
Franco ss 6 0 3 1
Carter dh 6 0 2 0
Tabler 1b 4 0 1 0
Hall lf 5 1 1 1
  Castillo ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Snyder rf,lf 6 0 0 0
Williams 3b 4 1 1 0
Allanson c 5 1 3 0
Akerfelds p 0 0 0 0
  Vande Berg p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 5 12 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 6 0 2 0
Madlock dh 4 1 1 0
  Lusader pr,dh 1 1 0 0
Gibson lf 5 0 2 0
Trammell ss 5 1 3 0
Evans 1b 6 2 3 2
Nokes c 4 1 2 1
  Walewander pr,3b 0 0 0 0
  Bergman ph 1 0 0 0
  Brookens 3b 1 0 0 0
Lemon cf 4 0 0 0
Sheridan rf 5 0 1 2
Morrison 3b 2 0 0 0
  Grubb ph 1 0 0 0
  Heath c 1 0 0 0
Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 6 14 5
Cleveland 000 041 000 0005120
Detroit 100 200 011 0016140
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Akerfelds   6.2 5 3 3 3 7
  Vande Berg   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Jones   2.0 6 2 2 1 2
  Gordon  L (0-2) 2.2 3 1 1 1 0
Totals
11.2
14
6
6
5
9
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson   4.1 6 4 4 1 4
  Henneman   5.2 3 1 1 1 6
  King   1.1 3 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez  W (3-2) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
12.0
12
5
5
3
10

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Carter (19,off Robinson), Detroit Whitaker 2 (31,off Akerfelds,off Gordon); Sheridan (18,off Gordon).  3B–Cleveland Hinzo (1,off Robinson).  HR–Cleveland Hall (12,6th inning off Henneman 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Evans (26,4th inning off Akerfelds 0 on, 0 out); Nokes (26,4th inning off Akerfelds 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Williams (1,by Robinson); Morrison (1,by Akerfelds).  IBB–Tabler (6,by Hernandez); Gibson (7,by Gordon).  SF–Sheridan (5,off Jones).  SB–Morrison (1,2nd base off Akerfelds/Allanson).  WP–Akerfelds 2 (6).  HBP–Akerfelds (4,Morrison); Robinson (6,Williams).  IBB–Gordon (1,Gibson); Hernandez (5,Tabler).  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–3:58.  A–19,810.
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