Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
May 30, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1985 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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Oakland Athletics 2, Detroit Tigers 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 4 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 3 0 1 0
  Picciolo ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Kingman dh 4 0 2 0
Davis rf 4 0 0 0
Murphy cf 4 0 1 0
Heath c 2 0 0 0
Hill 2b 2 1 1 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 1 0
  Gallego 2b 0 0 0 0
Griffin ss 3 1 1 2
Birtsas p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 2 0 0 0
Trammell ss 4 0 0 0
Gibson rf 1 0 0 1
  Sanchez pr,rf 2 0 0 0
Parrish dh 3 0 0 0
Lemon cf 4 0 0 0
Herndon lf 3 1 1 1
Garbey 1b 2 0 0 0
  Evans ph,1b 1 0 1 0
Melvin c 4 2 2 0
Brookens 3b 2 0 1 1
Terrell p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 5 3
Oakland 000 020 000271
Detroit 001 101 00x351
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Birtsas  L (1-1) 5.0 4 3 3 4 6
  Atherton   3.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
5
8
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Terrell  W (6-1) 7.0 7 2 2 1 4
  Hernandez  SV (11) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
5

  E–Lansford (3), Trammell (1).  DP–Oakland 1, Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Melvin (3,off Birtsas).  3B–Detroit Brookens (3,off Birtsas).  HR–Oakland Griffin (1,5th inning off Terrell 1 on, 2 out), Detroit Herndon (4,6th inning off Birtsas 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Whitaker (4,off Birtsas).  HBP–Gibson (3,by Birtsas).  CS–Heath (3,2nd base by Terrell/Melvin); Parrish (3,2nd base by Birtsas/Heath); Sanchez (1,2nd base by Atherton/Heath).  HBP–Birtsas (2,Gibson).  T–2:39.  A–22,250.
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