Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
August 31, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 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."

"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)
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Oakland Athletics 1, Detroit Tigers 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 3 1 1 0
Davis rf 4 0 2 0
Baker lf 4 0 2 0
Kingman dh 4 0 1 1
Bochte 1b 4 0 1 0
Murphy cf 4 0 1 0
Hill 2b 2 0 0 0
  Phillips ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 2 0 0 0
Tettleton c 2 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Heath c 0 0 0 0
Birtsas p 0 0 0 0
  McCatty p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 0 0 0
Trammell ss 2 1 1 2
Gibson rf 4 1 1 0
Parrish c 4 0 2 1
Lemon cf 4 0 0 0
Evans 1b 3 0 0 0
Herndon lf 3 0 1 0
Garbey dh 3 0 0 0
Brookens 3b 2 2 1 1
Terrell p 0 0 0 0
  O'Neal p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 6 4
Oakland 000 001 000181
Detroit 101 010 01x460
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Birtsas  L (10-5) 7.2 6 4 3 2 2
  McCatty   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
4
3
2
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Terrell  W (13-7) 7.2 8 1 1 2 7
  O'Neal   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez  SV (28) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
2
10

  E–Birtsas (1).  DP–Detroit 3.  2B–Detroit Parrish 2 (23,off Birtsas 2).  3B–Detroit Gibson (5,off Birtsas).  HR–Detroit Brookens (6,5th inning off Birtsas 0 on, 2 out); Trammell (11,8th inning off Birtsas 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Trammell (9,off Birtsas).  CS–Griffin (7,2nd base by Terrell/Parrish).  SB–Brookens (11,2nd base off Birtsas/Tettleton).  WP–Birtsas 3 (6).  T–2:42.  A–24,240.
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