Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
June 8, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 8, 1973 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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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Detroit Tigers 4, Oakland Athletics 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley cf 4 2 2 1
Taylor 2b 4 0 2 0
Freehan c 3 0 0 1
Horton lf 3 1 2 2
Kaline 1b 4 0 1 0
  Reese 1b 0 0 0 0
Howard dh 4 0 1 0
Sharon rf 4 0 2 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 1 2 0
Brinkman ss 3 0 0 0
Lolich p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 12 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0
Rudi lf 4 0 0 0
Bando 3b 3 0 0 0
Jackson rf 4 1 1 1
Johnson 1b 4 0 2 0
Tenace c 4 0 2 0
Fosse dh 4 0 0 0
Kubiak 2b 2 0 0 0
  Mangual ph 1 0 0 0
  Maxvill 2b 0 0 0 0
  McKinney ph 1 0 0 0
North cf 2 0 1 0
Blue p 0 0 0 0
  Odom p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Detroit 100 120 0004120
Oakland 000 001 000161
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  W (6-5) 9.0 6 1 1 2 6
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (4-3) 4.1 9 4 4 1 1
  Odom   4.2 3 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
2
5

  E–Odom (3).  DP–Oakland 3.  2B–Detroit Sharon (2,off Blue).  HR–Detroit Horton (7,4th inning off Blue 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Jackson (9,6th inning off Lolich 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Brinkman (7,off Blue).  SF–Freehan (1,off Blue).  SB–Taylor (6,2nd base off Blue/Tenace).  U-HP–Art Frantz, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Jim Odom.  T–2:37.  A–13,135.
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