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Red Sox
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
May 23, 1991
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Boston Red Sox, played on May 23, 1991 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 23, 1991 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 23, 1991 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Roger Clemens |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Frank Tanana |
| Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 14,744 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 33 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dave Phillips 1B: Terry Cooney 2B: Ted Hendry 3B: John Hirschbeck |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Wade Boggs | Third Baseman |
| Jody Reed | Second Baseman |
| Ellis Burks | Center Fielder |
| Jack Clark | DH |
| Mike Greenwell | Left Fielder |
| Tom Brunansky | Right Fielder |
| Carlos Quintana | First Baseman |
| Tony Pena | Catcher |
| Luis Rivera | Shortstop |
| Joe Morgan | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tony Phillips | Shortstop |
| Lou Whitaker | Second Baseman |
| Lloyd Moseby | Left Fielder |
| Cecil Fielder | First Baseman |
| Mickey Tettleton | Catcher |
| Rob Deer | Right Fielder |
| Pete Incaviglia | DH |
| Travis Fryman | Third Baseman |
| John Shelby | Center Fielder |
| Sparky Anderson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
May 23, 1991
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Tanana
Boggs hits a line drive into right center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Reed vs. Tanana
Reed hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Boggs moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Burks vs. Tanana
Burks hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tanana fields it and throws to first for the out. Boggs moves to third. Reed moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Clark vs. Tanana
Clark is walked intentionally. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 123
Greenwell vs. Tanana
Greenwell hits a popup towards third. Fryman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Brunansky vs. Tanana
Brunansky hits a ball on the ground towards short. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Clemens
Phillips takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Whitaker vs. Clemens
Whitaker hits a fly ball into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Moseby vs. Clemens
There goes Phillips. The throw from Pena and he is safe. Phillips steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Moseby vs. Clemens
Moseby strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Fielder vs. Clemens
Fielder strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Quintana vs. Tanana
Quintana hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pena vs. Tanana
Pena hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Rivera vs. Tanana
Rivera hits a popup, foul, towards short. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Tettleton vs. Clemens
Tettleton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Quintana scoops it up and throws to first, with Clemens covering, for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Deer vs. Clemens
Deer strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Incaviglia vs. Clemens
Incaviglia strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Tanana
Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Reed vs. Tanana
Reed hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Tanana
Burks hits a fly ball into center field. Shelby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Fryman vs. Clemens
Fryman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pena settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Shelby vs. Clemens
Shelby hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Clemens fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Clemens
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Tanana
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Greenwell vs. Tanana
Greenwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Brunansky vs. Tanana
Brunansky takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Quintana vs. Tanana
Quintana hits a ball on the ground towards short. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. Clemens
Whitaker hits a ball on the ground, foul, into right field, out of the reach of Brunansky. Whitaker reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Moseby vs. Clemens
Moseby hits a ball on the ground towards first. Quintana scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moseby for the out. Whitaker moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Fielder vs. Clemens
Fielder hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Whitaker scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tettleton vs. Clemens
Tettleton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fielder moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Deer vs. Clemens
Deer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fielder scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Incaviglia vs. Clemens
Incaviglia strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Tanana
Pena hits a fly ball into center field. Shelby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Rivera vs. Tanana
Rivera hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Boggs vs. Tanana
Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tanana fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Fryman vs. Clemens
Fryman strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Shelby vs. Clemens
Shelby hits a fly ball into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Clemens
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards first. Quintana scoops it up and throws to first, with Clemens covering, for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Reed vs. Tanana
Reed hits a line drive towards short. Phillips reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Tanana
Burks hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Tanana
Clark takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Greenwell vs. Tanana
Greenwell hits a ball on the ground for a single. Clark moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Brunansky vs. Tanana
Brunansky strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Quintana vs. Tanana
Quintana hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Clark moves to third. Greenwell moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 123
Pena vs. Leiter
Mark Leiter now pitching.
Pena takes first base on ball four. Clark scores. Greenwell moves to third. Quintana moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Rivera vs. Leiter
Rivera hits a fly ball into right field. Deer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. Clemens
Whitaker hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moseby vs. Clemens
Moseby hits a fly ball into right field. Brunansky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Fielder vs. Clemens
Fielder strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Leiter
Boggs takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Reed vs. Leiter
Reed bunts towards first. Fielder scoops it up and throws to first, with Whitaker covering, for the out. Boggs moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Burks vs. Leiter
Burks hits a line drive into left field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Clark vs. Henneman
Mike Henneman now pitching.
Clark takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Greenwell vs. Henneman
Greenwell strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Tettleton vs. Clemens
Tettleton strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Deer vs. Clemens
Deer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Incaviglia vs. Clemens
Incaviglia hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greenwell. Incaviglia reaches second base with a double. Deer goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Fryman vs. Clemens
Fryman strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Shelby vs. Clemens
Shelby strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Brunansky vs. Henneman
Milt Cuyler now playing center field.
Brunansky strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Quintana vs. Henneman
Quintana strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Henneman
Pena hits a popup into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Marshall vs. Henneman
Mike Marshall pinch hits for Luis Rivera.
Marshall hits a fly ball into left field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Clemens
Mike Brumley now playing shortstop.
Phillips hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Whitaker vs. Fossas
Tony Fossas now pitching.
Whitaker bunts towards the mound. Fossas fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Fossas. Phillips moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moseby vs. Fossas
Moseby bunts towards the mound. Fossas fields it and throws to first for the out. Phillips moves to third. Whitaker moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Fielder vs. Fossas
Fielder is walked intentionally. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Tettleton vs. Gray
Jeff Gray now pitching.
Tettleton hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Phillips scores. Whitaker scores. Fielder moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Deer vs. Gray
Deer hits a line drive into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Incaviglia vs. Gray
Incaviglia hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Henneman
Boggs hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Reed vs. Henneman
Reed hits a popup, foul, towards third. Fryman settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Fryman. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Reed vs. Henneman
Reed takes first base on ball four. Boggs moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Burks vs. Henneman
Burks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Phillips fields it and throws to second for the out. Boggs moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Clark vs. Henneman
Clark hits a line drive into right center field for a base hit. Boggs scores. Burks moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Greenwell vs. Gibson
Kevin Romine pinch runs for Jack Clark. Paul Gibson now pitching.
Greenwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker fields it and throws to second for the out. Burks moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Brunansky vs. Gibson
Brunansky hits a popup towards short. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/23/1991 -- Boston at Detroit (N)
Boston AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Boggs W, 3b 4 1 2 0 Phillips T, ss 3 1 1 0
Reed J, 2b 3 0 1 0 Whitaker L, 2b 3 2 1 0
Burks E, cf 5 1 1 1 Moseby L, lf 3 0 0 0
Clark J, dh 2 1 1 1 Fielder C, 1b 3 1 1 1
Romine K, pr 0 0 0 0 Tettleton M, c 4 0 1 2
Greenwell M, lf 5 0 1 0 Deer R, rf 3 1 1 1
Brunansky T, rf 4 0 0 0 Incaviglia P, dh 4 0 1 1
Quintana C, 1b 4 0 2 0 Fryman T, 3b 3 0 0 0
Pena T, c 3 0 1 1 Shelby J, cf 3 0 0 0
Rivera L, ss 3 0 1 0 Cuyler M, cf 0 0 0 0
Marshall M, ph 1 0 0 0
Brumley M, ss 0 0 0 0
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34 3 10 3 29 5 6 5
Boston 000 002 001 -- 3
Detroit 000 200 12x -- 5
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens R (L)* 7.0 5 4 4 2 10
Fossas T 0.1 0 1 0 1 0
Gray J 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana F 5.2 7 2 2 3 1
Leiter M 1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Henneman M (W) 1.2 3 1 0 2 3
Gibson P (S) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
E -- Fossas T, Fryman T
DP -- Detroit 2
LOB -- Boston 12, Detroit 5
2B -- Whitaker L, Incaviglia P
HR -- Burks E
SB -- Phillips T
SH -- Reed J, Whitaker L, Moseby L
T -- 3:33
A -- 14744
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