Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
July 9, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1988 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 3, Detroit Tigers 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Lansford 3b 5 0 3 0
Henderson cf 3 0 0 1
Canseco rf 5 1 2 1
McGwire 1b 5 1 2 0
Baylor dh 3 0 0 0
  Phillips pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Steinbach c 3 0 1 0
Javier lf 4 0 0 1
Gallego 2b 3 0 0 0
  Hassey ph 1 0 0 0
  Hubbard 2b 0 0 0 0
Weiss ss 4 1 1 0
Welch p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bergman dh 2 1 1 0
Whitaker 2b 4 1 2 3
Sheridan lf 4 0 1 0
Lemon rf 4 0 0 0
Evans 1b 3 1 1 1
Salazar cf 4 0 0 0
Nokes c 3 0 0 0
Brookens 3b 2 1 1 0
DeJesus ss 1 0 0 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 4 6 4
Oakland 000 011 010390
Detroit 013 000 00x461
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Welch  L (10-5) 6.1 6 4 4 4 0
  Cadaret   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Nelson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
4
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana  W (11-4) 6.0 5 2 1 1 6
  Henneman   1.2 2 1 1 0 2
  Hernandez  SV (4) 1.1 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
2
1
10

  E–DeJesus (2).  2B–Oakland Lansford (15,off Tanana); McGwire (14,off Tanana).  HR–Oakland Canseco (24,8th inning off Henneman 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Evans (12,2nd inning off Welch 0 on, 1 out); Whitaker (6,3rd inning off Welch 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Henderson (3,off Tanana).  HBP–Steinbach (5,by Tanana); Baylor (6,by Henneman).  SH–DeJesus 2 (3,off Welch 2).  CS–Sheridan (4,2nd base by Welch/Steinbach).  WP–Tanana (6).  HBP–Tanana (1,Steinbach); Henneman (1,Baylor).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–2:40.  A–43,016.
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