Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
August 23, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 2002 at Comerica Park. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 9, Detroit Tigers 1

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Durham dh 5 3 4 0
Hatteberg 1b 4 0 2 1
Tejada ss 4 1 2 3
Chavez 3b 3 2 1 0
Dye rf 4 0 0 0
Mabry lf 5 2 2 5
Ellis 2b 4 0 1 0
  Velarde ph,2b 1 0 1 0
Long cf 4 0 0 0
  Byrnes cf 1 0 1 0
Hernandez c 3 1 0 0
  Myers ph,c 1 0 0 0
Zito p 0 0 0 0
  Bowie p 0 0 0 0
  Tam p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 14 9
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bocachica cf 5 0 1 0
Jackson 2b 5 0 0 0
Higginson lf 4 0 1 0
  Lombard lf 0 0 0 0
Simon dh 3 0 0 0
Fick rf 2 0 0 0
Pena 1b 4 0 0 0
Halter ss 4 1 3 0
Truby 3b 4 0 1 0
Inge c 4 0 1 1
Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Bernero p 0 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 7 1
Oakland 000 210 4209141
Detroit 000 000 001170
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Zito  W (18-5) 7.0 4 0 0 2 5
  Bowie   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Tam   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Powell  L (1-3) 4.1 7 3 3 2 1
  Bernero   2.2 3 4 4 1 4
  Farnsworth   1.0 2 2 2 2 0
  Rodney   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
9
9
5
5

  E–Chavez (16).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Oakland Hatteberg (15,off Powell); Chavez (26,off Powell); Tejada (26,off Bernero), Detroit Halter (21,off Zito).  3B–Oakland Durham (3,off Powell).  HR–Oakland Mabry 2 (8,4th inning off Powell 1 on, 1 out,7th inning off Bernero 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Dye (8,by Bernero); Fick (4,by Zito).  WP–Farnsworth (5).  HBP–Zito (8,Fick); Bernero (4,Dye).  U-HP–Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Mike DiMuro, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:49.  A–21,807.
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