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Tigers 5 @ Red Sox 3
Fenway Park
June 6, 1987

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers, played on June 6, 1987 at Fenway Park. The home team Red Sox were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 5 to 3.

Game Summary

DateJune 6, 1987 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 5 H: 11 E: 0 LOB: 14
Runs: 5
Hits: 11
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 14
Home Team
Boston Red Sox
R: 3 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 10
Runs: 3
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherEric King  
Losing PitcherWes Gardner  
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Game Winning RBIMike Heath 

Game Info

DateJune 6, 1987 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamBoston Red Sox 
Visiting Starting PitcherFrank Tanana  
Home Starting PitcherRoger Clemens  
BallparkFenway Park 
CityBoston 
StateMA 
Attendance33,902 
Time of Game4 hours 51 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Don Denkinger
1B: Al Clark
2B: Dale Scott
3B: Larry McCoy

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Lou Whitaker  Second Baseman 
Bill Madlock  Third Baseman 
Kirk Gibson  Left Fielder 
Alan Trammell  Shortstop 
Matt Nokes  Catcher 
Pat Sheridan  Center Fielder 
Darrell Evans  DH 
Dave Bergman  First Baseman 
Johnny Grubb  Right Fielder 
Sparky Anderson  Manager 

Boston Red Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dave Henderson  Center Fielder 
Marty Barrett  Second Baseman 
Wade Boggs  Third Baseman 
Jim Rice  Left Fielder 
Don Baylor  DH 
Dwight Evans  Right Fielder 
Bill Buckner  First Baseman 
Spike Owen  Shortstop 
Rich Gedman  Catcher 
John McNamara  Manager 

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Tigers 5 @ Red Sox 3
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         Game of 6/6/1987 -- Detroit at Boston (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Boston             AB  R  H RBI
Whitaker L, 2b        7  1  1  0   Henderson D, cf       7  1  2  0   
Madlock B, 3b-1b      5  1  2  0   Barrett M, 2b         4  0  2  0   
Gibson K, lf          5  1  1  0   Boggs W, 3b           5  1  1  2   
Trammell A, ss        5  1  3  0   Rice J, lf            5  1  1  0   
Nokes M, c            4  0  1  1   Baylor D, dh          5  0  0  0   
Heath M, ph-c         2  0  1  2   Evans D, rf           6  0  1  1   
Sheridan P, cf-rf     6  0  1  0   Buckner B, 1b         6  0  2  0   
Evans D, dh           5  1  1  0   Owen S, ss            5  0  0  0   
Walewander J, pr      0  0  0  0   Gedman R, c           2  0  0  0   
Herndon L, ph         1  0  0  0   Romero E, ph          0  0  0  0   
Bergman D, 1b         2  0  0  0   Greenwell M, ph       1  0  0  0   
Brookens T, pr-3b     3  0  0  0   Sullivan M, c         2  0  0  0   
Grubb J, rf           3  0  0  1                                      
Lemon C, cf           2  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     50  5 11  4                        48  3  9  3

Detroit          010 010 010 000 02 --  5
Boston           200 000 010 000 00 --  3

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Tanana F              7.1  7  3  3  1  6
Henneman M            0.1  1  0  0  0  0
Hernandez W           0.2  0  0  0  0  0
King E (W)            5.2  1  0  0  2  4

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Clemens R             9.0  5  3  2  7  7
Schiraldi C           2.0  1  0  0  1  1
Sambito J             0.2  1  0  0  1  1
Gardner W (L)         2.1  4  2  2  1  0

E -- Barrett M
DP -- Boston 1
LOB -- Detroit 14, Boston 10
2B -- Henderson D, Madlock B
HR -- Boggs W
SB -- Madlock B, Gibson K
CS -- Sheridan P
SH -- Barrett M 2, Boggs W, Madlock B
HBP -- by Tanana F (Baylor D)
WP -- Clemens R, Henneman M
PB -- Gedman R 2
T -- 4:51
A -- 33902

    

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