Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
May 11, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 11, 1983 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 2, Detroit Tigers 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 1 0
Davis rf 4 1 1 0
Lansford 3b 4 0 2 0
Murphy cf 3 0 0 0
Burroughs dh 4 0 1 1
Lopes 2b 4 0 0 0
Moore 1b 4 1 2 1
Kearney c 2 0 0 0
  Meyer ph 1 0 0 0
  Almon ss 0 0 0 0
Phillips ss 2 0 0 0
  Page ph 1 0 1 0
  Cias c 0 0 0 0
Norris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 3 0 1 0
Johnson 3b 3 0 0 0
  Brookens 3b 1 0 0 0
Gibson dh 4 0 0 0
Parrish c 4 0 0 0
Herndon lf 2 1 0 0
Wilson rf 3 2 2 2
Lemon cf 2 1 0 0
Cabell 1b 3 1 2 1
Trammell ss 3 0 1 1
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 6 4
Oakland 001 001 000281
Detroit 020 020 10x560
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Norris  L (3-3) 8.0 6 5 4 2 5
Totals
8.0
6
5
4
2
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  W (3-4) 9.0 8 2 2 1 8
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
8

  E–Henderson (2).  DP–Oakland 2.  3B–Detroit Cabell (1,off Norris).  HR–Oakland Moore (3,3rd inning off Wilcox 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Wilson (3,2nd inning off Norris 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Lemon (4,by Norris).  CS–Lansford (1,2nd base by Wilcox/Parrish); Whitaker (3,2nd base by Norris/Kearney).  HBP–Norris (1,Lemon).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:15.  A–10,772.
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