Tigers @ Red Sox
August 14, 1988

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Bottom 8	R	H	E
Tigers	18	19	1
Red Sox	2	7	0

Bottom 8	R	H	E
Tigers	18	19	1
Red Sox	5	8	0

Todd Benzinger Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.333	.272
OBP	.333	.309
At Bats	3	268
Hits	1	73
• Singles	1	44
• Doubles	0	19
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	10
Walks	0	15
RBI’s	0	47

Eric King Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
2	1	2

FIRST PREVIOUS PLAY/PAUSE REPLAY NEXT LAST/BOX

Fenway Park - August 14, 1988

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Home Run

Eric King

Matt Nokes

Ray Knight

Jim Walewander

Tom Brookens

Luis Salazar

Pat Sheridan

Dwayne Murphy

Mike Heath

Todd Benzinger

Larry Parrish

Ellis Burks

Count: 0-0, 0 Outs

Benzinger hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 8 Ellis Burks pinch runs for Dwight Evans. Parrish hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Burks moves to third.

Bottom 8 Evans hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murphy. Evans reaches second base with a double.

Top 8 Knight hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trautwein fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Brookens takes first base on ball four. Salazar moves to second.

Top 8 Sheridan strikes out.

Top 8 Walewander hits a line drive into center field. Romine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 John Trautwein now pitching. Salazar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Owen strikes out.

Bottom 7 Romero hits a line drive towards first. Knight reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Mike Heath now playing right field. Ray Knight now playing first base. Cerone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Salazar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Murphy hits a fly ball into left field. Benzinger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Evans hits a popup into center field for a base hit. Bergman scores. Nokes scores.

Top 7 Lemon hits a popup, foul, towards first. Parrish settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Nokes hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans. Nokes reaches second base with a double. Brookens scores. Bergman moves to third.

Top 7 Bergman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reed fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Brookens moves to third.

Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Brookens moves to second.

Top 7 Brookens takes first base on ball four.

Top 7 Rick Cerone now catching. Sheridan hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Romine hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walewander fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 6 Reed is hit by the pitch. Benzinger moves to second.

Bottom 6 Rice hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Tom Brookens now playing third base. Luis Salazar now playing shortstop. Benzinger hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 6 Walewander hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Salazar hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 6 Murphy hits a fly ball into left field. Benzinger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Ed Romero now playing third base. Evans hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Parrish hits a line drive into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Evans takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 5 Owen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walewander scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Nokes hits a popup towards third. Boggs settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Bergman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Gedman hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Romine hits a line drive into left field. Sheridan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Reed hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell throws to second for one, and Walewander throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Reed moves to second.

Bottom 4 Jim Walewander now playing second base. Rice hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 4 Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 4 Sheridan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 4 Larry Parrish now playing first base. Todd Benzinger now playing left field. Whitaker hits a line drive into left field. Benzinger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Benzinger hits a popup towards short. Trammell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Larry Parrish pinch hits for Mike Greenwell. Parrish takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 Evans hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sheridan. Evans reaches second base with a double. Owen moves to third.

Bottom 3 Owen hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Boggs hits a line drive into left field. Sheridan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Gedman hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Bottom 3 Romine strikes out.

Bottom 3 Reed takes first base on ball four.

Top 3 Salazar hits a fly ball into center field. Romine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Murphy hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Romine. Murphy reaches second base with a double. Evans scores.

Top 3 Jeff Sellers now pitching. Evans hits a line drive into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Nokes scores. Lemon scores.

Top 3 Lemon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Trammell scores. Bergman scores. Nokes moves to third. Lemon moves to second.

Top 3 Nokes takes first base on ball four. Trammell moves to third. Bergman moves to second.

Top 3 Bergman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Trammell moves to second.

Top 3 Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 3 Sheridan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Benzinger fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 3 Whitaker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 2 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Salazar fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Benzinger strikes out.

Bottom 2 Greenwell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Salazar fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Salazar hits a popup towards first. Benzinger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Murphy takes first base on ball four. Evans moves to second.

Top 2 Evans hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bergman scores. Lemon moves to third.

Top 2 Lemon hits a popup into right field for a base hit. Bergman moves to third.

Top 2 Nokes hits a fly ball into center field. Romine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Trammell tags and scores.

Top 2 Mike Smithson now pitching. Bergman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Whitaker scores. Trammell moves to third.

Top 2 Trammell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Murphy scores. Salazar scores. Whitaker moves to third.

Top 2 Sheridan strikes out.

Top 2 Whitaker bunts towards third. Boggs fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Murphy moves to third. Salazar moves to second.

Top 2 Salazar takes first base on ball four. Murphy moves to second.

Top 2 Murphy takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Evans hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Owen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.

Bottom 1 Boggs takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Evans hits a popup towards third. Boggs settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Lemon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

Top 1 Nokes takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Trammell moves to third.

Top 1 Bergman hits a fly ball into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Sheridan tags and scores.

Top 1 Trammell hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Greenwell. Trammell reaches second base with a double. Sheridan moves to third.

Top 1 Sheridan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Whitaker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Benzinger scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Whitaker for the out.

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Todd Benzinger Season Stats

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Benzinger hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

Tigers @ Red Sox
August 14, 1988