Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
June 11, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 11, 1979 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 1, Detroit Tigers 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Murphy cf 4 0 2 0
Murray rf 4 0 2 0
Page dh 4 0 1 0
Newman 1b 4 1 1 0
Gross 3b 4 0 0 0
Essian c 3 0 1 0
Bryant lf 4 0 1 1
Ramirez 2b 3 0 0 0
  Revering ph 1 0 1 0
  Edwards pr 0 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 3 0 0 0
  Guerrero ph 1 0 0 0
McCatty p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Keough p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 9 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 1 3 0
Whitaker 2b 5 2 2 0
Kemp lf 3 0 1 1
Staub dh 3 0 1 1
Thompson 1b 3 0 1 1
Summers rf 2 0 0 0
  Morales ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Parrish c 3 0 0 0
Mankowski 3b 3 0 1 0
  Rodriguez 3b 1 0 0 0
Trammell ss 2 0 0 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 9 3
Oakland 000 100 000192
Detroit 100 200 00x392
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McCatty  L (4-1) 3.2 7 3 3 4 0
  Lacey   3.1 1 0 0 2 2
  Keough   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
6
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  W (4-2) 9.0 9 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
1
4

  E–Newman (11), Picciolo (5), Rodriguez (5), Morris (1).  DP–Oakland 2, Detroit 2.  PB–Parrish (9).  SH–Trammell (2,off McCatty).  SB–Murray (3,2nd base off Morris/Parrish); LeFlore (29,2nd base off Lacey/Essian).  CS–LeFlore (7,2nd base by McCatty/Essian).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:36.  A–15,625.
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