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Red Sox
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
August 7, 1988
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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 August 7, 1988 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | August 7, 1988 |
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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 | August 7, 1988 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bruce Hurst |
Home Starting Pitcher | Jeff Robinson |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
City | Detroit |
State | MI |
Attendance | 41,623 |
Time of Game | 3 hours |
Umpires | HP: Terry Craft 1B: John Hirschbeck 2B: Dale Scott 3B: Rick Reed |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Wade Boggs | Third Baseman |
Marty Barrett | Second Baseman |
Dwight Evans | Right Fielder |
Mike Greenwell | Left Fielder |
Ellis Burks | Center Fielder |
Todd Benzinger | First Baseman |
Jim Rice | DH |
Jody Reed | Shortstop |
Rich Gedman | Catcher |
Joe Morgan | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jim Walewander | Second Baseman |
Tom Brookens | Third Baseman |
Alan Trammell | Shortstop |
Chet Lemon | Right Fielder |
Luis Salazar | Left Fielder |
Larry Herndon | DH |
Ray Knight | First Baseman |
Dwayne Murphy | Center Fielder |
Mike Heath | Catcher |
Sparky Anderson | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Red Sox
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
August 7, 1988
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Robinson
Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Robinson
Barrett hits a line drive into left field. Salazar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Robinson
Evans hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Walewander vs. Hurst
Walewander hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Brookens vs. Hurst
Brookens strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Hurst
Trammell strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Greenwell vs. Robinson
Greenwell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Burks vs. Robinson
Burks hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Benzinger vs. Robinson
Benzinger strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Robinson
Robinson fires to first and picks off Greenwell. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Hurst
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Salazar vs. Hurst
Salazar bunts towards third. Boggs fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Herndon vs. Hurst
Herndon hits a line drive towards first. Benzinger catches it and steps on first to double up Salazar. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Robinson
Rice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Reed vs. Robinson
Heath fires to first and picks off Rice. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Reed vs. Robinson
Reed takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Gedman vs. Robinson
Gedman strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Boggs vs. Robinson
Boggs hits a fly ball into left field. Salazar 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: 2-2, RoB: ---
Knight vs. Hurst
Knight hits a popup towards short. Reed settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Hurst
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Hurst
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards first. Benzinger scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Heath for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Robinson
Barrett strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Robinson
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brookens fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Greenwell vs. Robinson
Greenwell hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Walewander vs. Hurst
Walewander hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Reed. Walewander moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Brookens vs. Hurst
Brookens hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Walewander moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Trammell vs. Hurst
Trammell 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: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Lemon vs. Hurst
Lemon hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Barrett catches it and throws to first to double up Brookens. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Robinson
Burks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brookens fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Benzinger vs. Robinson
Benzinger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Robinson
Rice hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Walewander settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Salazar vs. Hurst
Salazar hits a line drive towards first. Benzinger reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Herndon vs. Hurst
Herndon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Knight vs. Hurst
Knight hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Herndon moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Murphy vs. Hurst
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hurst fields it and throws to second for the out. Herndon moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Heath vs. Hurst
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hurst fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Reed vs. Robinson
Reed hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Gedman vs. Robinson
Gedman bunts towards first. Knight scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gedman for the out. Reed moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Boggs vs. Robinson
Boggs hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Salazar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Barrett vs. Robinson
Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brookens fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Walewander vs. Hurst
Walewander hits a popup towards short. Reed settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Brookens vs. Hurst
Brookens strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Hurst
Trammell hits a fly ball into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Robinson
Evans hits a popup towards short. Trammell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Greenwell vs. Robinson
Greenwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Knight scoops it up and throws to first, with Robinson covering, for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Robinson
Burks strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Hurst
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Salazar vs. Hurst
Salazar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Herndon vs. Hurst
Herndon hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Benzinger vs. Robinson
Benzinger hits a popup towards short. Trammell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Robinson
Rice hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Reed vs. Robinson
Reed hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walewander scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rice moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Gedman vs. Robinson
Spike Owen pinch runs for Jim Rice.
Gedman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Knight vs. Hurst
Knight strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Hurst
Murphy hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Burks. Murphy reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Heath vs. Hurst
Heath hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Walewander vs. Hurst
Walewander hits a fly ball into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Robinson
Boggs hits a line drive towards short. Trammell reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Robinson
Barrett hits a popup, foul, towards first. Knight settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Robinson
Evans hits a fly ball into left field. Salazar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Brookens vs. Hurst
Brookens strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Hurst
Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Hurst
Lemon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Salazar vs. Hurst
Salazar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 10
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Greenwell vs. Robinson
Greenwell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Salazar. Greenwell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Burks vs. Robinson
Burks bunts towards third. Brookens fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Greenwell moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Benzinger vs. Hernandez
Guillermo Hernandez now pitching.
Benzinger hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Greenwell scores. Burks moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Owen vs. Hernandez
Owen hits a popup towards third. Brookens settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1-3
Reed vs. Hernandez
Reed bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Burks scores. Benzinger moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Gedman vs. Hernandez
Gedman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murphy. Gedman reaches second base with a double. Benzinger scores. Reed moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Boggs vs. Hernandez
Boggs is walked intentionally. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Barrett vs. Hernandez
Barrett strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Evans vs. Hernandez
Evans hits a fly ball into left field. Salazar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 10
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Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Herndon vs. Hurst
Herndon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Barrett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Knight vs. Hurst
Knight hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Hurst
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Benzinger scoops it up and throws to first, with Hurst covering, for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/7/1988 -- Boston at Detroit (D) Boston AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI Boggs W, 3b 4 0 0 0 Walewander J, 2b 4 0 0 0 Barrett M, 2b 5 0 0 0 Brookens T, 3b 4 0 1 0 Evans D, rf 5 0 0 0 Trammell A, ss 4 0 0 0 Greenwell M, lf 3 1 1 0 Lemon C, rf 4 0 1 0 Burks E, cf 4 1 1 0 Salazar L, lf 4 0 1 0 Benzinger T, 1b 4 1 1 1 Herndon L, dh 4 0 1 0 Rice J, dh 3 0 2 0 Knight R, 1b 4 0 1 0 Owen S, pr 1 0 0 0 Murphy D, cf 4 0 1 0 Reed J, ss 2 0 1 1 Heath M, c 3 0 0 0 Gedman R, c 3 0 1 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 3 7 3 35 0 6 0 Boston 000 000 000 3 -- 3 Detroit 000 000 000 0 -- 0 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Hurst B (W) 10.0 6 0 0 0 5 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Robinson J (L)* 9.0 5 2 2 2 5 Hernandez G 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 * Pitched to 2 batters in 10th E -- Reed J DP -- Boston 2 LOB -- Boston 6, Detroit 5 2B -- Murphy D, Greenwell M, Gedman R CS -- Rice J SH -- Gedman R, Reed J T -- 3:00 A -- 41623
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