Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
September 2, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1979 at Tiger Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Detroit Tigers 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 5, Detroit Tigers 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson cf 3 1 1 0
Murray lf 4 0 1 1
Newman c 4 0 0 0
Revering dh 2 3 1 0
Heath rf 3 0 2 0
Essian 3b 4 0 1 1
  Edwards 2b 0 0 0 0
Gross 1b 3 0 0 0
Chalk 2b,3b 4 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 4 1 1 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 7 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 0 2 0
Whitaker 2b 4 0 0 0
Kemp lf 3 1 2 1
Summers 1b 4 0 0 0
Thompson dh 4 0 1 0
Morales rf 4 1 0 0
Parrish c 4 1 3 0
Mankowski 3b 4 0 1 0
Trammell ss 4 1 1 3
Robbins p 0 0 0 0
  Tobik p 0 0 0 0
  Chris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Oakland 010 120 010570
Detroit 000 001 0034101
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  W (11-13) 9.0 10 4 4 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
1
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Robbins  L (3-3) 4.1 6 4 4 3 3
  Tobik   3.2 1 1 1 3 2
  Chris   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
6
5

  E–Mankowski (3).  DP–Oakland 1, Detroit 1.  2B–Oakland Picciolo (12,off Robbins); Murray (10,off Robbins).  HR–Detroit Kemp (25,6th inning off Langford 0 on, 0 out); Trammell (6,9th inning off Langford 2 on, 2 out).  CS–Henderson (7,2nd base by Tobik/Parrish).  WP–Robbins (2), Tobik (4).  U-HP–Fred Spenn, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:25.  A–14,379.
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