Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
July 20, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1983 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."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 2, Oakland Athletics 9

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 3 0 1 0
Trammell ss 3 0 2 0
Grubb dh 4 0 0 0
Wilson rf 4 0 1 0
Gibson cf 3 0 0 0
  Parrish c 1 0 0 0
Herndon lf 4 1 2 0
Krenchicki 3b 2 1 0 0
  Lemon cf 1 0 0 0
Leach 1b 2 0 1 2
  Cabell pr,1b 1 0 0 0
Castillo c,3b 3 0 0 0
Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Gumpert p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 2 2 3
Peters rf 5 0 0 0
Murphy cf 4 2 2 3
Lopes dh,2b 4 1 0 0
Lansford 3b 3 0 2 0
Almon ss 4 1 1 3
  Codiroli p 0 0 0 0
Gross 1b 4 0 0 0
Heath c 4 2 2 0
Phillips 2b,ss 3 1 1 0
Totals 35 9 10 9
Detroit 000 000 200271
Oakland 000 001 62x9100
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Berenguer   6.0 3 1 1 3 4
  Bair  L (3-1) 1.0 5 6 3 0 0
  Gumpert   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
9
6
3
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Codiroli  W (7-6) 9.0 7 2 2 4 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
4
3

  E–Whitaker (4).  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–Detroit Leach (10,off Codiroli), Oakland Lansford (7,off Berenguer); Heath (10,off Gumpert).  HR–Oakland Murphy (6,6th inning off Berenguer 0 on, 0 out); Almon (3,7th inning off Bair 2 on, 2 out); Henderson (6,8th inning off Gumpert 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Phillips (2,by Berenguer).  CS–Whitaker (6,2nd base by Codiroli/Heath).  SB–Phillips 2 (10,2nd base off Berenguer/Castillo,3rd base off Berenguer/Castillo); Henderson (55,2nd base off Berenguer/Castillo).  HBP–Berenguer (4,Phillips).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–2:46.  A–16,561.
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