Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
May 20, 1982 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1982 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)
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Oakland Athletics 3, Detroit Tigers 11

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 0 0
Meyer rf 5 0 1 0
Johnson 1b 5 0 0 0
Gross 3b 3 2 1 0
Goodwin dh 3 1 3 2
Lopes 2b 3 0 0 0
Newman c 3 0 1 1
Bosetti cf 4 0 1 0
Stanley ss 2 0 0 0
  Burroughs ph 1 0 0 0
Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Owchinko p 0 0 0 0
  Kinney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Lemon rf 3 1 1 0
  Jones ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Cabell 1b 5 1 2 0
  Leach 1b 0 0 0 0
Gibson cf 3 2 1 3
Ivie dh 5 2 2 4
Herndon lf 5 2 5 1
Parrish c 3 1 1 2
Brookens 3b 4 1 2 1
Trammell ss 4 0 0 0
  DeJohn ss 1 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 5 1 3 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 17 11
Oakland 000 200 010371
Detroit 201 500 12x11170
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Underwood  L (1-3) 3.2 6 6 6 4 2
  Owchinko   1.1 4 2 2 2 1
  Kinney   3.0 7 3 3 1 0
Totals
8.0
17
11
11
7
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  W (3-2) 9.0 7 3 3 5 4
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
5
4

  E–Meyer (1).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Meyer (7,off Wilcox).  3B–Detroit Herndon 2 (5,off Underwood,off Kinney).  HR–Oakland Goodwin (2,4th inning off Wilcox 1 on, 1 out), Detroit Ivie 2 (4,1st inning off Underwood 1 on, 2 out,4th inning off Owchinko 1 on, 2 out); Parrish (6,8th inning off Kinney 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Newman (2,off Wilcox).  WP–Owchinko (3).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–2:49.  A–24,125.
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