September 17, 1988 · 7:05 PM EDT
Biggest lead BAL by 2 · DET by 5 · 1 lead change
| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1BO Red Sox | 89 | 73 | .549 | — |
2DE Tigers | 88 | 74 | .543 | 1.0 |
3MI Brewers | 87 | 75 | .537 | 2.0 |
4TO Blue Jays | 87 | 75 | .537 | 2.0 |
5NY Yankees | 85 | 76 | .528 | 3.5 |
6CL Guardians | 78 | 84 | .481 | 11.0 |
7BA Orioles | 54 | 107 | .335 | 34.5 |
| PSPete StanicekLF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BA Brady AndersonCF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
CR Cal Ripken Jr.SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
EM Eddie Murray1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| LSLarry SheetsRF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TKTerry KennedyC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| JTJim TraberDH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CWCraig Worthington3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| BRBilly Ripken2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JSJeff StoneRF | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MTMickey TettletonPH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| KGKen GerhartPR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
2B: Murray
3B: Anderson
HR: Murray
RBI: Ripken Jr., Murray, Sheets
LOB: 13
| DADon Aase | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| DSDoug Sisk | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
GO Gregg OlsonL | 1.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 39 |
| MTMark Thurmond | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MWMark Williamson | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 72 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 148 |
2B: Lemon
HR: Lemon
RBI: Trammell 3, Lemon 3
SB: Walewander
CS: Murphy
LOB: 13
The Tigers beat the Orioles 7-3 at Tiger Stadium.
Doyle Alexander got the win, Gregg Olson took the loss and Mike Henneman earned the save. Chet Lemon went 3-for-4 for the Tigers, while Eddie Murray went 2-for-4 for the Orioles.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
