Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
May 7, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1998 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."

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Detroit Tigers 6, Oakland Athletics 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 5 0 0 0
Randa 3b 4 1 2 0
Higginson rf 4 1 3 2
Clark 1b 3 0 1 1
Gonzalez lf 4 1 1 0
Easley 2b 3 1 0 0
Tomberlin dh 5 1 2 3
Oliver c 5 0 2 0
Cruz ss 4 1 1 0
Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 12 6
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 1 0 0 0
McDonald rf 4 1 1 0
Grieve dh 3 1 1 3
Blowers 3b 4 0 0 0
Giambi 1b 3 0 0 0
Abbott ss 4 0 0 0
Hinch c 4 0 0 0
Spiezio 2b 3 1 1 0
Christenson cf 3 0 0 0
Candiotti p 0 0 0 0
  Mohler p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
  Telgheder p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 3 3
Detroit 010 002 2106121
Oakland 002 010 000331
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Thompson  W (2-4) 8.0 3 3 2 4 4
  Jones  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
3
2
4
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Candiotti  L (3-4) 6.1 10 5 5 2 2
  Mohler   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Mathews   0.2 2 1 1 2 1
  Groom   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Telgheder   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
5
5

  E–Clark (2), Abbott (4).  2B–Detroit Oliver (4,off Candiotti); Gonzalez (9,off Candiotti).  HR–Detroit Tomberlin (1,6th inning off Candiotti 1 on, 1 out); Higginson (6,7th inning off Candiotti 1 on, 1 out), Oakland Grieve (3,3rd inning off Thompson 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Randa (2,by Candiotti); Easley (7,by Candiotti).  IBB–Easley (1,by Mohler); Higginson (1,by Mathews).  SF–Grieve (1,off Thompson).  CS–Henderson (5,3rd base by Thompson/Oliver).  HBP–Candiotti 2 (5,Randa,Easley).  IBB–Mohler (2,Easley); Mathews (2,Higginson).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Terry Craft, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:51.  A–7,119.
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