Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
May 18, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1985 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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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Detroit Tigers 9, Oakland Athletics 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 1 1 0
Trammell ss 4 1 2 2
Simmons rf 4 1 0 0
Parrish c 4 2 1 0
Evans 1b 4 2 4 3
Herndon lf 4 1 0 0
Laga dh 4 0 1 1
  Weaver pr,dh 1 1 0 0
Lemon cf 4 0 1 0
Brookens 3b 4 0 2 3
Petry p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 12 9
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 4 2 3 1
Lansford 3b 5 1 2 1
Murphy cf 4 0 0 0
Kingman dh 5 1 1 2
Baker 1b 5 0 1 0
Heath c 5 0 0 0
Davis rf 3 2 1 0
Hill 2b 3 0 1 0
  Picciolo ph,2b 1 0 1 0
Griffin ss 3 0 1 1
McCatty p 0 0 0 0
  Tellmann p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 11 5
Detroit 413 000 0109121
Oakland 102 100 1106110
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Petry  W (7-2) 7.0 9 5 4 2 3
  Hernandez   2.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
6
5
3
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McCatty  L (2-2) 2.0 6 7 7 2 0
  Tellmann   4.1 3 1 1 3 3
  Atherton   2.2 3 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
6
5

  E–Brookens (5).  PB–Parrish (4).  2B–Detroit Brookens (5,off Atherton), Oakland Lansford 2 (6,off Petry,off Hernandez).  3B–Oakland Collins (3,off Petry).  HR–Detroit Trammell (5,1st inning off McCatty 0 on, 1 out); Evans (6,1st inning off McCatty 2 on, 1 out), Oakland Kingman (9,7th inning off Petry 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Whitaker (1,by Atherton).  SF–Griffin (2,off Hernandez).  SB–Whitaker (4,2nd base off McCatty/Heath); Collins (15,2nd base off Petry/Parrish).  CS–Evans (1,2nd base by Atherton/Heath).  IBB–Atherton (3,Whitaker).  T–3:11.  A–26,581.
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