Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
July 7, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 1987 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."

"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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Detroit Tigers 6, Oakland Athletics 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 2 1 0
Madlock dh 3 1 2 3
Gibson lf 4 0 1 1
Trammell ss 4 1 1 0
Nokes c 4 1 2 1
Sheridan rf 4 0 0 0
Evans 1b 3 0 1 1
Lemon cf 4 0 0 0
Brookens 3b 3 1 0 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 8 6
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 5 0 1 0
Davis rf 5 1 1 1
Canseco lf 4 0 1 1
McGwire 1b 4 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 2 1 1 1
Cey dh 4 0 1 0
  LeMaster pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Phillips 2b 4 1 1 0
Murphy cf 4 1 2 0
Tettleton c 2 0 1 1
Andujar p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Detroit 201 110 010681
Oakland 101 000 200490
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana  W (8-5) 6.1 7 4 3 1 4
  Hernandez  SV (5) 2.2 2 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
3
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  L (3-2) 6.2 7 5 5 4 1
  Cadaret   2.1 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
4
3

  E–Gibson (3).  DP–Detroit 1, Oakland 2.  HR–Detroit Madlock (8,1st inning off Andujar 1 on, 0 out); Nokes (17,8th inning off Cadaret 0 on, 1 out), Oakland M Davis (19,1st inning off Tanana 0 on, 1 out); Lansford (8,7th inning off Tanana 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Tettleton (1,off Hernandez).  SB–Whitaker 2 (8,2nd base off Andujar/Tettleton,3rd base off Andujar/Tettleton).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:40.  A–17,174.
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