Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
August 14, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 4, Detroit Tigers 13

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 2 1 0 0
  McDonald ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Roberts cf 4 0 0 0
  Christenson cf 1 0 1 0
Grieve rf 4 1 0 0
Stairs dh 4 1 2 1
Sprague 3b 4 0 0 0
Giambi 1b 3 1 2 3
Spiezio 2b 4 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 4 0 1 0
Bournigal ss 4 0 1 0
Stein p 0 0 0 0
  Mohler p 0 0 0 0
  Holzemer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 5 3 2 2
Easley 2b 4 2 3 4
  Randa 2b 1 0 0 0
Higginson rf 5 1 0 0
  Beamon rf 0 0 0 0
Clark 1b 5 1 3 1
Gonzalez lf 4 2 1 1
Catalanotto dh 3 0 1 0
  Berroa ph,dh 1 0 1 2
Alvarez 3b 3 1 1 1
Bako c 5 1 1 0
Cruz ss 4 2 2 0
Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Sager p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 13 15 11
Oakland 103 000 000482
Detroit 060 006 10x13153
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stein  L (4-7) 4.0 6 6 6 3 3
  Mohler   1.1 3 6 5 0 0
  Holzemer   2.2 6 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
15
13
12
4
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Thompson  W (10-9) 6.0 4 4 1 3 7
  Sager  SV (1) 3.0 4 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
1
4
7

  E–Sprague (24), Giambi (11), Alvarez 2 (14), Cruz (8).  DP–Detroit 2.  PB–Bako (6).  2B–Detroit Easley (31,off Stein); Cruz (13,off Mohler).  3B–Detroit Cruz (1,off Holzemer).  HR–Oakland Giambi (17,3rd inning off Thompson 2 on, 2 out), Detroit Gonzalez (17,2nd inning off Stein 0 on, 1 out); Easley (21,2nd inning off Stein 3 on, 2 out).  HBP–Alvarez (1,by Stein); Easley (11,by Mohler); Gonzalez (8,by Mohler).  SB–Henderson (50,2nd base off Thompson/Bako); Hunter (33,3rd base off Mohler/Macfarlane); Easley (11,2nd base off Mohler/Macfarlane).  WP–Mohler (3).  HBP–Stein (4,Alvarez); Mohler 2 (3,Easley,Gonzalez).  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:51.  A–20,243.
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