Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
August 19, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 19, 2000 at Comerica Park. 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)
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Oakland Athletics 3, Detroit Tigers 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Christenson lf 5 1 2 0
Long cf 5 0 1 0
Grieve dh 4 1 1 0
Stanley 1b 2 1 2 2
Stairs rf 3 0 0 0
  Piatt ph,3b 1 0 1 0
Tejada ss 4 0 2 1
Chavez 3b 3 0 1 0
  Hernandez ph,c 1 0 0 0
Menechino 2b 4 0 0 0
Fasano c 3 0 0 0
  Giambi ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Zito p 0 0 0 0
  Tam p 0 0 0 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 10 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Easley 2b 3 0 0 0
Encarnacion cf 4 0 1 0
Higginson dh 4 1 2 0
Gonzalez rf 4 1 1 0
Palmer 3b 3 1 0 0
Magee lf 4 1 1 3
Cruz D. ss 3 0 3 1
Ausmus c 3 0 0 0
Halter 1b 3 0 1 0
Moehler p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz N. p 0 0 0 0
  Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 9 4
Oakland 000 010 0203100
Detroit 400 000 00x490
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Zito  L (1-2) 6.0 9 4 4 1 5
  Tam   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Magnante   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Mecir   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
1
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Moehler  W (10-7) 7.0 7 2 2 3 5
  Cruz   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Nitkowski   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Patterson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Jones  SV (34) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
3
7

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Oakland Stanley (8,off N Cruz), Detroit D Cruz 3 (35,off Zito 3); Higginson (35,off Zito).  3B–Detroit Magee (2,off Zito).  SH–Easley (3,off Tam).  CS–Encarnacion (3,2nd base by Zito/Fasano).  U-HP–Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–C.B. Bucknor, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–2:55.  A–38,628.
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