Florida Marlins vs Detroit Tigers
June 16, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 1997 at Tiger Stadium. The Florida Marlins defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Florida Marlins 7, Detroit Tigers 3

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Floyd lf 4 1 1 0
Renteria ss 4 1 3 1
Eisenreich dh 5 1 1 2
Sheffield rf 4 1 0 0
Alou cf 4 2 3 1
Bonilla 3b 4 0 2 1
Conine 1b 4 0 1 2
Johnson c 4 0 1 0
Castillo 2b 4 1 1 0
Brown p 0 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 13 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Easley 2b 5 0 1 0
Pride lf 2 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 0 0 1
Hamelin dh 4 1 1 0
Nieves rf 3 0 1 0
Casanova c 4 0 0 0
Nevin 3b 4 0 0 1
Miller ss 2 1 1 1
Hunter cf 4 1 2 0
Blair p 0 0 0 0
  Sager p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Florida 201 002 0117130
Detroit 010 020 000361
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Brown  W (7-4) 8.0 6 3 3 3 5
  Powell   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
4
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Blair  L (4-3) 5.0 8 5 5 2 5
  Sager   3.0 3 1 1 0 4
  Myers   0.1 1 1 0 0 0
  Brocail   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
7
6
2
9

  E–Nieves (2).  2B–Florida Floyd (4,off Blair); Eisenreich (9,off Blair); Alou (15,off Blair); Bonilla (22,off Blair); Conine (6,off Sager), Detroit Hunter (10,off Brown).  3B–Florida Renteria (2,off Blair).  HR–Detroit Miller (1,5th inning off Brown 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Floyd (1,off Myers); Pride (2,off Brown).  CS–Renteria (7,2nd base by Sager/Casanova).  WP–Brown (2).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–3:11.  A–23,874.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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