Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
September 15, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Oakland Athletics 0, Detroit Tigers 13

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 3 0 0 0
  Lewis lf 1 0 0 0
Jackson cf 2 0 0 0
  Sprague p 0 0 0 0
  Bogle p 1 0 0 0
Cater 1b 4 0 1 0
Bando 3b 4 0 0 0
Green 2b 4 0 0 0
Hershberger rf,cf 2 0 1 0
Rudi lf,rf 3 0 1 0
Duncan c 3 0 0 0
Krausse p 1 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
  Lauzerique p 0 0 0 0
  Kubiak ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 3 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 2 2
  Tracewski 2b 0 0 0 0
Stanley cf 3 1 0 0
Northrup rf 4 2 2 3
Horton lf 4 1 2 1
  Comer pr,lf 1 1 0 0
Cash 1b 4 3 2 0
Freehan c 3 2 2 4
  Brown ph 0 1 0 0
  Price c 1 0 0 0
Matchick ss 3 1 2 1
Wert 3b 4 0 1 0
Lolich p 3 1 2 1
Totals 34 13 15 12
Oakland 000 000 000030
Detroit 302 134 00x13150
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Krausse  L (10-11) 2.2 5 5 5 4 1
  Fingers   1.1 4 4 4 1 0
  Lauzerique   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Sprague   0.0 3 4 4 1 0
  Bogle   3.0 3 0 0 0 5
Totals
8.0
15
13
13
7
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  W (15-9) 9.0 3 0 0 2 12
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
2
12

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1.  PB–Duncan (8).  2B–Detroit Cash (14,off Krausse); Lolich (3,off Fingers).  3B–Detroit Matchick (2,off Fingers).  HR–Detroit Northrup 2 (19,1st inning off Krausse 1 on, 1 out,6th inning off Sprague 0 on, 0 out); Horton (36,1st inning off Krausse 0 on, 1 out); Freehan 2 (24,3rd inning off Krausse 1 on, 2 out,5th inning off Fingers 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Lolich 2 (4,off Krausse,off Lauzerique).  SF–Matchick (1,off Bogle).  HBP–Stanley (4,by Fingers).  IBB–McAuliffe (8,by Krausse).  WP–Fingers (1), Lauzerique (1), Sprague (6).  HBP–Fingers (1,Stanley).  IBB–Krausse (8,McAuliffe).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:39.  A–23,260.
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