Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
August 21, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1998 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Detroit Tigers 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)
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Detroit Tigers 2, Oakland Athletics 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 4 0 1 0
Easley 2b 4 0 0 0
Higginson rf 4 0 1 0
Clark 1b 4 1 1 1
Catalanotto dh 4 0 0 0
Encarnacion lf 3 1 1 1
Randa 3b 3 0 1 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
Bako c 3 0 2 0
Cruz ss 4 0 0 0
Florie p 0 0 0 0
  Runyan p 0 0 0 0
  Crow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 2 1 0 0
Christenson cf 4 1 1 1
Giambi 1b 4 1 2 1
Stairs dh 3 0 0 0
Grieve rf 4 0 1 0
  McDonald rf 0 0 0 0
Spiezio 2b 3 0 1 0
Blowers 3b 4 1 1 0
Tejada ss 4 0 2 1
Hinch c 3 0 1 0
Oquist p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 9 3
Detroit 000 011 000270
Oakland 300 000 01x490
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Florie  L (6-7) 7.0 7 3 3 5 8
  Runyan   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Crow   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
5
8
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Oquist  W (7-10) 6.0 6 2 2 0 2
  Worrell   2.1 1 0 0 1 2
  Taylor  SV (26) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
4

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Higginson (33,off Oquist), Oakland Giambi (25,off Florie); Blowers (20,off Crow); Tejada (16,off Crow).  3B–Oakland Christenson (1,off Florie).  HR–Detroit Encarnacion (1,5th inning off Oquist 0 on, 0 out); Clark (27,6th inning off Oquist 0 on, 1 out).  WP–Florie 2 (8), Oquist (3).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Eric Cooper, 3B–Mike Everitt.  T–2:33.  A–10,196.
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