Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
August 17, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1974 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."

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Detroit Tigers 4, Oakland Athletics 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 1 3 0
Sutherland 2b 4 0 0 0
Kaline dh 5 1 2 0
Oglivie 1b 4 0 1 1
Nettles rf 3 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 3 1 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0
Sharon lf 3 1 1 2
Lamont c 2 0 1 0
LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 3 1 0 0
Campaneris ss 4 0 2 1
Bando 3b 4 0 1 0
Jackson rf 2 1 0 0
Rudi 1b 4 0 0 0
Tenace c 4 1 1 2
Washington lf 4 0 0 0
Alou dh 4 0 0 0
Green 2b 3 0 1 0
Abbott p 0 0 0 0
  Odom p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 3
Detroit 220 000 000490
Oakland 000 210 000351
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
LaGrow   4.1 4 3 3 3 4
  Hiller  W (14-8) 4.2 1 0 0 0 6
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
3
10
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Abbott  L (4-4) 1.1 4 4 3 1 0
  Odom   2.2 2 0 0 3 2
  Lindblad   4.0 3 0 0 1 2
  Fingers   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
5
5

  E–Abbott (1).  2B–Detroit Kaline (19,off Lindblad).  HR–Detroit Sharon (2,2nd inning off Abbott 1 on, 1 out), Oakland Tenace (18,4th inning off LaGrow 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Lamont (1,off Lindblad).  SB–LeFlore (5,2nd base off Abbott/Tenace); North (44,2nd base off LaGrow/Lamont); Campaneris (25,2nd base off Hiller/Lamont).  CS–Nettles (3,2nd base by Abbott/Tenace); LeFlore (3,2nd base by Odom/Tenace).  WP–LaGrow (10).  U-HP–Hank Morgenweck, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:21.  A–10,600.
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