Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
May 5, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1989 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 5, Detroit Tigers 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips lf 1 0 1 0
  Javier pr,lf 4 1 1 0
Lansford 3b 5 1 2 0
Henderson cf 3 2 1 1
McGwire 1b 3 0 0 1
Steinbach c 2 1 1 0
Beane rf 3 0 0 1
Hubbard dh 3 0 1 2
Gallego 2b 4 0 1 0
Weiss ss 4 0 0 0
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Sheridan lf 4 0 0 1
Lemon rf 4 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 2 1 1 0
Trammell ss 4 0 2 0
Lynn dh 4 1 3 2
Nokes c 3 0 0 0
  Heath ph,c 1 0 0 0
Lovullo 1b 4 1 1 0
Williams cf 4 0 1 0
Brumley 3b 3 0 0 0
  Bergman ph 1 0 0 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Oakland 400 000 100582
Detroit 110 001 000380
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  W (6-0) 6.2 7 3 2 1 2
  Honeycutt   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Eckersley  SV (9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
2
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana  L (2-4) 8.0 6 5 5 5 2
  Hernandez   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
5
4

  E–D Henderson (2), McGwire (2).  DP–Oakland 1, Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Lovullo (2,off Stewart).  HR–Oakland D Henderson (5,7th inning off Tanana 0 on, 2 out), Detroit Lynn (1,6th inning off Stewart 0 on, 0 out).  SF–McGwire (2,off Tanana); Beane (1,off Tanana); Sheridan (1,off Stewart).  IBB–Steinbach (1,by Tanana).  SB–K Williams (6,2nd base off Stewart/Steinbach).  WP–Tanana (3).  IBB–Tanana (4,Steinbach).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:47.  A–18,482.
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