Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
June 4, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1986 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 8, Oakland Athletics 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 2 1 1
Collins lf 2 0 0 0
Gibson dh 3 2 0 0
Parrish c 4 2 1 1
Evans 1b 4 1 1 2
Coles 3b 5 1 3 3
Lemon cf 2 0 0 0
Sheridan rf 2 0 0 1
Trammell ss 4 0 0 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 8 6 8
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 2b,3b 5 1 1 0
Bochte 1b 5 1 3 1
Lansford 3b 3 0 0 0
  Hill 2b 1 0 0 0
Canseco lf,rf 3 1 1 3
Kingman dh 4 0 0 0
Davis rf 1 1 0 0
  Peters lf 1 0 0 0
  Baker ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Griffin ss 4 0 1 0
Bathe c 4 0 2 1
Javier cf 2 1 1 0
Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Mooneyham p 0 0 0 0
  Ontiveros p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
Detroit 004 010 102860
Oakland 200 100 200590
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  W (5-4) 6.1 8 5 5 4 4
  Hernandez  SV (8) 2.2 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
5
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Plunk  L (0-2) 2.1 3 4 4 6 0
  Langford   3.2 1 1 1 0 2
  Mooneyham   2.1 1 3 3 4 0
  Ontiveros   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
8
8
10
2

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 2.  PB–Bathe (2).  2B–Detroit Coles 2 (14,off Plunk 2); Evans (6,off Ontiveros).  HR–Detroit Whitaker (6,3rd inning off Plunk 0 on, 0 out); Coles (9,5th inning off Langford 0 on, 2 out); Parrish (13,7th inning off Mooneyham 0 on, 2 out), Oakland Canseco (16,1st inning off Morris 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Collins (3,off Mooneyham).  SF–Sheridan (1,off Langford).  IBB–Gibson (2,by Mooneyham).  SB–Gibson (6,2nd base off Ontiveros/Bathe); Griffin (8,2nd base off Morris/Parrish).  CS–Collins (4,2nd base by Mooneyham/Bathe).  WP–Morris (3).  BK–Plunk (3).  IBB–Mooneyham (3,Gibson).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–3:25.  A–12,743.
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