Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
May 14, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 14, 1998 at Tiger Stadium. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 3, Detroit Tigers 8

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 0 0 0
McDonald cf 4 0 1 1
Grieve rf 4 1 1 1
Stairs dh 4 0 1 0
Giambi 1b 4 0 0 0
Magadan 3b 3 1 1 1
  Blowers ph 1 0 0 0
Hinch c 4 0 0 0
Spiezio 2b 3 1 2 0
Abbott ss 3 0 1 0
Rogers p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
  Small p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 4 2 2 0
Randa 3b 2 1 0 0
Higginson rf 4 1 2 4
Clark 1b 4 0 1 0
Easley 2b 3 3 1 2
Gonzalez lf 4 0 1 0
Manto dh 3 0 1 1
  Tomberlin ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Oliver c 4 0 2 1
Cruz ss 4 1 0 0
Keagle p 0 0 0 0
  Sager p 0 0 0 0
  Runyan p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 10 8
Oakland 000 210 000373
Detroit 000 014 21x8100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers  L (6-2) 6.0 7 5 4 1 3
  Mathews   0.1 1 2 1 1 1
  Groom   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Small   1.1 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
8
6
2
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Keagle   4.1 5 3 3 1 3
  Sager  W (1-0) 2.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Runyan   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Brocail   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
5

  E–McDonald (4), Magadan (6), Abbott (9).  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–Detroit Higginson 2 (10,off Rogers,off Groom).  3B–Oakland Spiezio (1,off Keagle).  HR–Oakland Grieve (4,4th inning off Keagle 0 on, 0 out); Magadan (1,4th inning off Keagle 0 on, 2 out), Detroit Easley (8,6th inning off Rogers 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Easley (8,by Small).  SB–Abbott (2,2nd base off Keagle/Oliver); Henderson (12,2nd base off Sager/Oliver); Easley (4,2nd base off Small/Hinch).  CS–Stairs (1,2nd base by Sager/Oliver).  HBP–Small (1,Easley).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Fieldin Culbreth, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:47.  A–9,260.
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