Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
September 1, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 1, 1984 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 5, Oakland Athletics 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 5 0 1 2
Trammell ss 4 0 0 0
Gibson rf 4 0 1 0
Parrish c 4 0 0 0
Herndon lf 4 1 1 0
Garbey dh 4 2 1 0
Evans 1b 3 1 0 0
Kuntz cf 3 1 2 2
  Jones ph 1 0 1 0
Castillo 3b 2 0 1 1
  Johnson ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Scherrer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 8 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 1 0 0
Lansford 3b 5 0 2 0
Murphy cf 3 2 1 1
Kingman dh 4 1 1 1
Bochte 1b 2 0 0 1
  Almon ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Hill ss 4 1 2 1
Essian c 1 1 0 0
Davis rf 4 1 2 3
Phillips 2b 4 0 1 0
Young p 0 0 0 0
  Rainey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 9 7
Detroit 030 002 000580
Oakland 600 001 00x791
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Berenguer  L (7-9) 0.2 3 6 6 3 1
  Bair   3.2 4 0 0 3 4
  Scherrer   3.2 2 1 1 1 3
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
7
8
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Young  W (7-3) 5.2 7 5 4 1 0
  Rainey  SV (1) 3.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
4
1
1

  E–Phillips (25).  PB–Parrish (9).  2B–Detroit Kuntz (9,off Young), Oakland Kingman (19,off Berenguer); Hill (6,off Berenguer).  HR–Oakland Davis (7,1st inning off Berenguer 2 on, 2 out); Murphy (28,6th inning off Scherrer 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Bochte (5,off Berenguer).  SB–Henderson 2 (52,2nd base off Berenguer/Parrish,3rd base off Scherrer/Parrish); Lansford (9,2nd base off Scherrer/Parrish).  CS–Murphy (4,2nd base by Bair/Parrish).  T–2:37.  A–25,021.
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