Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
June 18, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 18, 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 8, Detroit Tigers 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 5 2 2 1
Bournigal 2b 5 1 2 0
Berroa rf,lf 3 2 1 3
  Plantier lf 0 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 4 1 1 2
  Lovullo pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Steinbach dh 3 0 0 0
Mashore lf 3 0 0 0
  Herrera ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Williams c 4 1 1 1
Batista 3b 4 1 3 1
Bordick ss 3 0 1 0
Wojciechowski p 0 0 0 0
  Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 11 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Curtis lf 5 2 1 0
Lewis 2b 4 1 3 2
Fryman 3b 4 0 1 1
Fielder dh 1 0 0 0
Clark 1b 3 0 0 1
Cedeno ss 4 0 0 0
Casanova c 1 0 1 0
  Parent c 2 1 2 0
  Ausmus c 1 0 0 0
Higginson rf 4 0 0 0
Bartee cf 3 1 2 0
  Pride ph 1 0 0 0
Urbani p 0 0 0 0
  Sager p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 4
Oakland 004 031 0008111
Detroit 100 040 0005100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Wojciechowski   4.1 7 5 3 3 1
  Van Poppel  W (1-4) 2.2 3 0 0 0 1
  Taylor  SV (5) 2.0 0 0 0 0 5
Totals
9.0
10
5
3
3
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Urbani  L (0-1) 4.1 6 6 6 2 2
  Sager   1.2 4 2 2 0 2
  Walker   3.0 1 0 0 3 3
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
5
7

  E–Batista (1).  DP–Oakland 4, Detroit 2.  HR–Oakland Batista (1,3rd inning off Urbani 0 on, 1 out); Berroa (17,3rd inning off Urbani 2 on, 2 out); Young (10,5th inning off Urbani 0 on, 0 out); McGwire (20,5th inning off Sager 1 on, 1 out); Williams (3,6th inning off Sager 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Berroa (2,by Sager); Fielder (3,by Wojciechowski).  SF–Clark (2,off Van Poppel).  CS–Bordick (4,2nd base by Sager/Parent).  SB–Curtis (9,2nd base off Wojciechowski/Williams).  HBP–Wojciechowski (1,Fielder); Sager (1,Berroa).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Larry Young, 2B–Mark Johnson, 3B–Ray DiMuro.  T–3:09.  A–8,543.
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