Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
September 4, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1999 at Network Associates 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 1, Oakland Athletics 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Ausmus c 3 0 0 0
Cruz ss 4 0 1 0
Higginson dh 3 0 0 0
Clark 1b 3 0 0 0
  Bartee pr 0 0 0 0
  Catalanotto 1b 0 0 0 0
Palmer 3b 3 1 1 1
Easley 2b 4 0 1 0
Encarnacion lf 3 0 1 0
Kapler cf 3 0 0 0
Garcia rf 3 0 0 0
Moehler p 0 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Becker cf 4 1 2 0
Velarde 2b 4 0 1 1
Giambi 1b 4 0 1 0
Jaha dh 3 0 0 0
  McDonald pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Stairs rf 2 0 2 0
Grieve lf 4 0 1 0
Spiezio 3b 4 1 1 0
Tejada ss 3 0 0 0
Hernandez c 2 0 1 1
Hudson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 9 2
Detroit 010 000 000140
Oakland 001 000 001290
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Moehler   7.0 8 1 1 2 5
  Cordero  L (1-1) 1.2 1 1 1 2 2
Totals
8.2
9
2
2
4
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hudson  W (9-1) 9.0 4 1 1 4 8
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
4
8

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 2, Oakland 1.  PB–Ausmus (6).  2B–Detroit Encarnacion (28,off Hudson), Oakland Velarde (20,off Moehler); Spiezio (19,off Cordero).  HR–Detroit Palmer (31,2nd inning off Hudson 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Tejada (8,off Cordero).  SF–Hernandez (2,off Cordero).  CS–Bartee (2,2nd base by Hudson/Hernandez).  U-HP–Eric Cooper, 1B–Gary Cederstrom, 2B–Ted Barrett, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–2:54.  A–18,323.
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