Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
July 22, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 22, 1987 at Tiger Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Detroit Tigers 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 10, Detroit Tigers 1

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia cf 6 2 2 2
Lansford 3b 4 1 1 1
  Sinatro ph,c 1 0 0 0
Canseco lf 3 2 2 2
McGwire 1b 5 1 4 4
Henderson rf 4 0 3 0
Davis dh 4 0 0 0
  Jackson ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Steinbach c,3b 5 1 3 0
Bernazard 2b 4 2 3 1
Griffin ss 4 1 0 0
  LeMaster ss 1 0 0 0
Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 10 18 10
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 3 0 0 0
  Heath ph,rf 2 0 2 0
Madlock dh 4 0 1 0
  Bergman ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Evans 1b 3 0 2 0
Nokes c 4 1 1 1
Lemon cf 4 0 1 0
Grubb lf 2 0 1 0
  Herndon ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Sheridan rf 2 0 1 0
  Coles ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Brookens 3b,2b 3 0 1 0
Walewander ss 3 0 0 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 10 1
Oakland 141 100 12010180
Detroit 000 000 0101101
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Lamp  W (1-0) 5.1 7 0 0 1 2
  Cadaret   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Caudill   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
1
1
3
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana  L (9-7) 3.0 8 6 5 1 3
  Thurmond   4.0 9 4 4 2 1
  Henneman   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
18
10
9
3
5

  E–Whitaker (13).  DP–Oakland 2, Detroit 2.  2B–Oakland Canseco (19,off Tanana); McGwire (11,off Tanana); Henderson (2,off Thurmond), Detroit Sheridan (12,off Lamp).  3B–Oakland Steinbach (3,off Thurmond).  HR–Oakland Bernazard (12,3rd inning off Tanana 0 on, 1 out); McGwire (36,8th inning off Thurmond 1 on, 0 out), Detroit Nokes (21,8th inning off Caudill 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Canseco (5,off Tanana); Lansford (2,off Tanana).  IBB–Henderson (1,by Tanana).  SB–Lansford (21,2nd base off Thurmond/Nokes).  IBB–Tanana (3,Henderson).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:49.  A–24,855.
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