Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
May 7, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1981 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
Gibson rf 5 1 1 1
Trammell ss 3 0 1 0
Kemp lf 5 0 1 0
Summers dh 2 1 0 0
  Wockenfuss ph,dh 0 0 0 0
  Hebner ph,dh 1 0 1 0
  Peters pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Parrish c 5 1 1 0
Cowens cf 3 0 0 0
Leach 1b 3 0 2 1
Brookens 3b 3 0 2 1
Whitaker 2b 3 0 0 0
Petry p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Saucier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 9 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 1 0
Murphy cf 4 0 0 0
Revering 1b 4 0 0 0
Armas rf 3 2 2 1
Gross 3b 2 0 0 0
Johnson dh 2 1 1 2
Newman c 3 1 1 1
Doyle 2b 3 0 0 0
Stanley ss 1 0 0 0
  Page ph 1 1 1 1
  Picciolo ss 1 0 1 0
Keough p 0 0 0 0
  Owchinko p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Minetto p 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 7 5
Detroit 102 000 000391
Oakland 010 011 20x571
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Petry  L (0-2) 6.0 5 4 3 1 2
  Lopez   1.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Saucier   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
5
4
1
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Keough   2.1 8 3 3 1 1
  Owchinko   4.0 0 0 0 1 3
  Jones  W (2-0) 2.0 0 0 0 3 1
  Minetto   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
5
5

  E–Whitaker (1), Revering (1).  DP–Detroit 1, Oakland 2.  HR–Detroit Gibson (3,1st inning off Keough 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Johnson (5,5th inning off Petry 0 on, 1 out); Page (2,6th inning off Petry 0 on, 0 out); Armas (9,7th inning off Petry 0 on, 0 out); Newman (1,7th inning off Lopez 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Whitaker (2,off Keough); Cowens (3,off Keough).  HBP–Brookens (1,by Owchinko).  IBB–Hebner (1,by Jones).  SF–Johnson (1,off Petry).  HBP–Owchinko (1,Brookens).  IBB–Jones (2,Hebner).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–2:43.  A–15,902.
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