Boston Red Sox 4 – 0 Detroit Tigers
18 September 1996 · DET04
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | 18-Strikeout Game · 20 | Roger Clemens | 1 in 6,627 games |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | Travis Fryman | 1 in 728 player-games |
| 21 | final score 4–0 | 1 in 58 games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Red Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| Detroit Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Box score
Boston Red Sox batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Frye | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Nomar Garciaparra | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Mo Vaughn | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jose Canseco | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| John Valentin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Greenwell | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rudy Pemberton | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 2B |
| Bill Haselman | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darren Bragg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 36 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
Boston Red Sox pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Clemens | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Detroit Tigers batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Higginson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Alan Trammell | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ruben Sierra | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tony Clark | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Travis Fryman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Melvin Nieves | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Phil Nevin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Brad Ausmus | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kimera Bartee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Phil Hiatt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Detroit Tigers pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Thompson | 4.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| C.J. Nitkowski | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| A.J. Sager | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |