Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
August 22, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 1979 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 3, Oakland Athletics 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 1 1 0
Trammell ss 4 1 1 2
Summers rf 2 1 0 0
Thompson 1b 3 0 1 0
  Putman 1b 0 0 0 0
Wockenfuss c 3 0 1 0
Morales lf 3 0 1 1
Greene dh 3 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0
Wagner 2b 3 0 0 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 7 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf,cf 4 0 2 0
Murphy cf 1 0 0 0
  Heath ph,lf 3 0 1 1
  Murray pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Essian c 4 0 0 0
Revering 1b 3 0 0 0
Page dh 3 0 0 0
Edwards 2b 4 0 2 0
Armas rf 4 0 2 0
Chalk 3b 3 0 0 0
  Newman ph 1 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 3 1 1 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
McCatty p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
Detroit 200 100 000373
Oakland 001 000 000181
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  W (11-6) 7.0 7 1 1 0 3
  Lopez  SV (13) 2.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McCatty  L (8-8) 9.0 7 3 3 5 5
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
5
5

  E–Trammell (18), Thompson (7), Wagner (7), Edwards (16).  DP–Detroit 3, Oakland 2.  2B–Oakland Armas (9,off Wilcox).  HR–Detroit Trammell (3,1st inning off McCatty 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Morales (7,off McCatty).  HBP–Summers (1,by McCatty); Wockenfuss (1,by McCatty); Revering (1,by Wilcox).  CS–Wagner 2 (2,2nd base by McCatty/Essian 2); LeFlore (11,2nd base by McCatty/Essian).  SB–Henderson 2 (17,2nd base off Wilcox/Wockenfuss,3rd base off Wilcox/Wockenfuss).  HBP–Wilcox (9,Revering); McCatty 2 (9,Summers,Wockenfuss).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–(none), 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–2:38.  A–2,609.
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