Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
May 3, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1980 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 3, Oakland Athletics 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 3 1 0 0
Trammell ss 5 1 3 0
Hebner dh 2 0 1 1
  Wockenfuss ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Summers rf 4 0 1 1
Parrish c 4 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 3 0 0 0
Corcoran lf 3 0 1 0
  Peters pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Gibson cf 4 1 2 0
Brookens 3b 4 0 1 1
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 0 0
Murphy cf 4 1 2 0
Page dh 4 0 1 1
Revering 1b 4 1 1 0
Gross 3b 3 1 2 0
Armas rf 3 1 2 1
Newman c 2 0 0 1
Guerrero ss 3 0 0 0
Picciolo 2b 3 1 1 0
Kingman p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 9 3
Detroit 110 010 000392
Oakland 022 001 00x591
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  L (3-3) 3.0 6 4 4 0 2
  Underwood   5.0 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
0
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kingman  W (2-3) 5.0 7 3 2 4 2
  Hamilton   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Jones  SV (2) 3.0 0 0 0 0 5
Totals
9.0
9
3
2
4
8

  E–Summers (1), Brookens (1), Newman (3).  DP–Detroit 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Picciolo (5,off Morris).  HR–Oakland Armas (4,6th inning off Underwood 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Newman (1,off Underwood).  SB–Gibson (1,2nd base off Kingman/Newman); Trammell (3,2nd base off Jones/Newman); Gross 2 (2,Home off Morris/Parrish,2nd base off Morris/Parrish); Murphy (2,Home off Morris/Parrish); Page (3,3rd base off Morris/Parrish).  CS–Brookens (2,2nd base by Kingman/Newman); Murphy (3,2nd base by Underwood/Parrish).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:38.  A–7,062.
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