Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
July 7, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 1968 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 6, Detroit Tigers 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 0 0 0
Donaldson 2b 4 1 1 1
Monday cf 5 0 1 0
Bando 3b 5 2 4 4
Jackson rf 4 1 1 1
Cater 1b 3 0 0 0
Gosger lf 2 0 0 0
  Rudi ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Roof c 4 1 1 0
Nash p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Webster ph 0 0 0 0
  Segui p 0 0 0 0
  Kubiak ph 1 0 0 0
  Odom p 0 0 0 0
  Green ph 1 0 1 0
  Aker p 0 0 0 0
  Duncan ph 0 1 0 0
Totals 36 6 9 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 5 1 2 1
Northrup cf,lf 4 1 1 0
Kaline rf 5 1 2 2
Cash 1b 3 1 2 1
Horton lf 4 0 2 1
  Stanley pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Freehan c 2 0 0 0
Matchick ss 4 1 2 1
  Oyler ss 0 0 0 0
Wert 3b 3 1 1 1
Sparma p 3 0 1 0
  Hiller p 1 0 0 0
  Lasher p 0 0 0 0
  Lolich p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 13 7
Oakland 020 000 013691
Detroit 220 011 10x7131
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Nash  L (6-6) 1.2 6 4 4 1 0
  Lindblad   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Segui   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Odom   2.0 3 2 2 2 2
  Aker   2.0 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
13
7
7
5
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sparma  W (7-8) 5.0 4 2 2 4 4
  Hiller   3.2 4 4 4 1 4
  Lasher   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Lolich  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
5
9

  E–Roof (1), McAuliffe (6).  DP–Oakland 2, Detroit 1.  2B–Oakland Donaldson (6,off Hiller), Detroit McAuliffe 2 (11,off Nash,off Aker); Matchick (3,off Nash); Horton (10,off Odom); Cash (8,off Odom).  3B–Detroit Horton (2,off Aker).  HR–Oakland Bando 2 (6,2nd inning off Sparma 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Hiller 0 on, 0 out); Jackson (13,2nd inning off Sparma 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Kaline (4,1st inning off Nash 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Wert (4,by Odom).  SB–Northrup (3,2nd base off Segui/Roof).  IBB–Odom (3,Wert).  U-HP–Ed Runge, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Cal Drummond, 3B–Jim Odom.  T–2:50.  A–36,685.
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