Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
September 21, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1990 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 5, Oakland Athletics 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Phillips dh,3b 5 1 2 0
Whitaker 2b 5 0 2 1
Trammell ss 5 1 3 1
Fielder 1b 5 1 1 1
Moseby lf,cf 4 1 1 0
Fryman 3b 3 0 0 0
  Bergman ph,lf 1 0 1 1
Shelby rf 3 1 1 1
Heath c 2 0 0 0
  Salas ph,c 1 0 0 0
Cuyler cf 3 0 0 0
  Sheets ph 1 0 0 0
  Petry p 0 0 0 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Parker p 0 0 0 0
  Gibson p 0 0 0 0
  Nunez p 0 0 0 0
  Aldred p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 11 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. lf 3 0 0 0
McGee cf 5 1 0 0
Lansford 3b 3 0 0 0
  Jennings ph 0 0 0 0
  Gallego ph,3b 1 1 1 0
McGwire 1b 3 2 2 1
Steinbach dh 3 1 1 0
  Baines ph,dh 1 1 1 3
Randolph 2b 3 0 2 0
Hassey c 2 0 0 0
  Henderson D. ph 0 0 0 0
  Young pr 0 0 0 0
  Quirk c 1 0 1 1
Weiss ss 3 0 1 1
Blankenship rf 3 0 1 0
Welch p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 10 6
Detroit 110 000 0305110
Oakland 010 001 40x6100
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana   6.0 7 2 2 3 2
  Parker  L (3-3) 0.1 0 1 1 1 0
  Gibson   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Nunez   0.0 1 2 2 2 0
  Aldred   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Petry   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
7
2
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Welch  W (25-6) 7.0 5 2 2 2 5
  Honeycutt   0.1 3 3 3 0 0
  Eckersley  SV (44) 1.2 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Phillips (23,off Welch); Whitaker (22,off Welch), Oakland Baines (15,off Nunez).  HR–Oakland McGwire (39,2nd inning off Tanana 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Randolph (1,2nd base by Tanana/Heath).  WP–Honeycutt (1).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–3:11.  A–41,356.
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