Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
May 14, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 14, 1980 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 5, Detroit Tigers 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 0 1 1
Murphy cf 5 0 0 0
Page dh 3 0 0 0
Revering 1b 3 2 2 1
Gross 3b 3 1 1 0
Armas rf 4 1 2 3
Essian c 4 0 1 0
  Edwards pr 0 0 0 0
  Heath c 0 0 0 0
Guerrero ss 4 0 0 0
Picciolo 2b 4 1 1 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  McCatty p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 0 0 0
Trammell ss 4 3 4 2
Kemp dh 3 1 2 1
Hebner 3b 3 0 1 3
Summers rf 4 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 2 0 1 0
  Wockenfuss ph 0 0 0 0
  Peters pr 0 1 0 0
Parrish c 3 1 0 0
Gibson cf 4 0 0 0
Stegman lf 3 0 0 0
  Corcoran ph 0 0 0 0
  Brookens ph 1 0 0 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 8 6
Oakland 010 300 001580
Detroit 201 010 002681
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford   7.0 7 4 4 3 2
  Lacey   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Jones  L (1-1) 0.1 0 2 2 2 1
  Hamilton   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  McCatty   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.2
8
6
6
6
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox   4.0 4 4 4 2 1
  Hiller   4.0 1 0 0 3 4
  Lopez  W (2-2) 1.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
5
5

  E–Hiller (1).  DP–Oakland 2, Detroit 2.  2B–Oakland Essian (2,off Lopez); Henderson (4,off Lopez), Detroit Kemp (6,off Langford); Trammell (2,off Langford).  3B–Detroit Hebner (3,off Langford).  HR–Oakland Revering (6,2nd inning off Wilcox 0 on, 0 out); Armas (6,4th inning off Wilcox 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Hebner (1,off Langford).  SB–Henderson (13,2nd base off Hiller/Parrish).  BK–Hiller (1).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:51.  A–16,694.
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