Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
August 20, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1984 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 1, Detroit Tigers 14

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 2b 4 0 1 0
Lansford 3b 2 1 1 0
  Burroughs lf 1 0 0 0
Murphy cf 3 0 0 0
  Almon rf 1 0 0 0
Kingman dh 4 0 1 0
Bochte 1b 4 0 0 0
Heath lf,3b 3 0 0 0
Davis rf,cf 3 0 1 0
Hill ss 3 0 0 0
Essian c 3 0 1 0
Young p 0 0 0 0
  Rainey p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Garbey dh,2b 4 2 1 1
Trammell ss 5 1 2 1
  Kuntz cf 1 0 0 0
Gibson rf 3 3 2 2
  Castillo c 1 0 1 0
Parrish c 4 1 1 2
  Grubb ph,rf 2 1 1 0
Herndon lf 5 1 3 1
Lemon cf 5 1 2 3
  Rozema p 0 0 0 0
Evans 1b 3 2 3 1
  Bergman ph,1b 0 0 0 1
Johnson 3b 5 1 1 0
Baker 2b,ss 4 1 3 1
Morris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 14 20 13
Oakland 001 000 000152
Detroit 114 051 20x14200
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Young  L (6-2) 2.0 8 6 6 1 1
  Rainey   4.1 10 8 7 3 1
  Wagner   1.2 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
20
14
13
5
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  W (16-8) 7.0 3 1 1 3 6
  Rozema   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
8

  E–Lansford (15), Davis (8).  DP–Oakland 3.  2B–Oakland Kingman (15,off Morris); Lansford (20,off Morris), Detroit Gibson (18,off Young); Baker (1,off Young).  3B–Detroit Herndon (5,off Young); Trammell (5,off Rainey).  HR–Detroit Parrish (28,3rd inning off Young 1 on, 0 out); Lemon (16,3rd inning off Young 1 on, 0 out); Evans (11,6th inning off Rainey 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Bergman (4,off Wagner).  HBP–Garbey (2,by Young).  WP–Rainey (2), Morris (11).  HBP–Young (7,Garbey).  T–2:45.  A–38,431.
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