Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
May 6, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1989 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 3, Detroit Tigers 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 4 0 1 0
  Hubbard ph 1 0 0 0
Henderson cf 4 0 1 0
Parker dh 5 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 5 1 2 1
Hassey c 3 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 3 2 3 0
Javier rf 4 0 1 1
Weiss ss 4 0 0 0
Gallego 2b 3 0 0 0
Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 8 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Sheridan lf 3 2 1 1
Lemon rf 2 1 1 1
Whitaker 2b 4 1 2 2
Trammell ss 4 0 0 0
Lynn dh 3 0 0 0
Nokes c 4 1 1 0
Bergman 1b 3 1 1 0
Williams K. cf 3 0 1 1
Brumley 3b 4 0 1 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Williams F. p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 8 5
Oakland 020 000 010381
Detroit 131 100 00x681
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Davis  L (2-3) 3.2 7 6 5 4 5
  Nelson   2.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Cadaret   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Plunk   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
6
5
5
9
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  W (1-6) 6.1 8 2 1 1 2
  Williams   1.2 0 1 0 2 2
  Hernandez  SV (6) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
1
4
5

  E–Javier (1), Brumley (2).  PB–Nokes (3).  3B–Oakland Polonia (3,off Morris), Detroit Brumley (2,off Nelson).  HR–Oakland McGwire (7,2nd inning off Morris 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Sheridan (2,1st inning off Davis 0 on, 0 out); Whitaker (6,4th inning off Davis 0 on, 2 out).  SF–K Williams (2,off Davis).  SB–Javier (5,2nd base off Morris/Nokes); Lansford (4,2nd base off F Williams/Nokes).  CS–K Williams (2,2nd base by Davis/Hassey).  WP–Davis 2 (2), Morris (4).  BK–Davis (1).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–2:52.  A–32,404.
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