Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
April 28, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1996 at Tiger Stadium. 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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Oakland Athletics 6, Detroit Tigers 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Battle cf,lf 5 0 1 0
Giambi dh 3 1 1 1
  Plantier ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Berroa lf 5 1 1 0
  Young cf 0 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 3 1 1 2
  Lovullo pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Munoz rf 5 1 1 1
Steinbach c 4 0 1 0
Brosius 3b 3 2 2 2
Gates 2b 2 0 1 0
Bournigal ss 4 0 0 0
Wojciechowski p 0 0 0 0
  Mohler p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 9 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Curtis lf 4 0 0 0
Lewis M. 2b 4 0 1 0
Fryman 3b 4 1 2 0
Fielder 1b 4 1 1 2
Williams E. dh 4 1 2 1
Bautista rf 3 0 0 0
Gomez ss 4 0 0 0
Flaherty c 3 0 1 0
Bartee cf 3 0 1 0
  Parent ph 0 0 0 0
  Higginson ph 1 0 0 0
Gohr p 0 0 0 0
  Lewis R. p 0 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
  Williams B. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Oakland 011 120 100691
Detroit 200 000 001380
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Wojciechowski  W (2-0) 7.0 6 2 2 0 4
  Mohler   1.2 2 1 1 2 1
  Taylor  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Gohr  L (1-3) 4.2 7 5 5 3 4
  Lewis   2.1 2 1 1 2 2
  Olson   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Williams   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
7
6

  E–McGwire (1).  DP–Oakland 1, Detroit 2.  HR–Oakland Brosius 2 (8,2nd inning off Gohr 0 on, 2 out,7th inning off R Lewis 0 on, 1 out); Giambi (3,3rd inning off Gohr 0 on, 1 out); Munoz (4,4th inning off Gohr 0 on, 0 out); McGwire (2,5th inning off Gohr 1 on, 1 out), Detroit Fielder (10,1st inning off Wojciechowski 1 on, 2 out); E Williams (3,9th inning off Mohler 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Steinbach (2,by Gohr).  HBP–Gohr (3,Steinbach).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:58.  A–8,907.
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