Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
June 19, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 19, 1989 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
Pettis cf 3 3 1 0
Lusader rf 4 1 1 3
Whitaker 2b 5 0 0 0
Moreland dh 2 0 2 1
Bergman 1b 3 0 1 2
Jones lf 4 0 1 0
Heath c 4 0 1 0
Schu 3b 4 1 2 0
Pedrique ss 4 1 1 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 10 6
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 3b,ss 3 2 2 1
Lansford dh 4 0 3 1
Henderson cf 4 0 1 1
McGwire 1b 3 0 0 1
Steinbach c,rf 4 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 3 0 0 0
Blankenship rf 3 0 0 0
  Hassey ph,c 1 0 0 0
Gallego ss 2 0 1 0
  Quirk ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Polonia lf 4 2 1 0
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Burns p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Detroit 140 100 0006100
Oakland 101 020 000480
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana  W (7-6) 5.0 7 4 4 1 4
  Williams   1.2 1 0 0 1 3
  Henneman  SV (1) 2.1 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
3
9
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  L (11-3) 3.2 9 6 6 4 1
  Plunk   3.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Burns   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
5
4

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1, Oakland 2.  2B–Detroit Moreland (11,off Stewart); Pedrique (3,off Stewart), Oakland Phillips (9,off Tanana); D Henderson (6,off Tanana).  3B–Detroit Pettis (3,off Stewart).  SF–Lusader (1,off Stewart); McGwire (5,off Tanana).  SB–Pettis (14,2nd base off Stewart/Steinbach).  CS–Heath (1,2nd base by Stewart/Steinbach); Phillips (4,3rd base by Tanana/Heath).  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–3:10.  A–38,607.
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