Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
May 15, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 2003 at Comerica Park. 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 11, Detroit Tigers 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Ellis 2b 3 1 1 0
  Menechino 2b 0 0 0 0
Hatteberg 1b 5 0 2 2
Chavez 3b 4 0 0 0
Tejada ss 5 1 1 1
Durazo dh 4 2 1 0
Hernandez c 3 2 2 1
  Johnson ph,c 1 0 0 0
Long rf 2 2 1 0
  Grabowski ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Byrnes lf 3 2 2 4
Singleton cf 4 1 2 1
Zito p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Neu p 0 0 0 0
  Bowie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 12 9
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Torres cf 4 1 1 1
Infante ss 4 0 0 0
Higginson rf 3 0 1 0
  Santiago 2b 0 0 0 0
Young 3b 4 0 1 0
Monroe lf,rf 3 0 0 0
Pena 1b 4 0 1 0
Halter 2b,lf 3 0 0 0
Inge c 3 1 1 0
  Walbeck c 0 0 0 0
Kingsale dh 3 0 0 0
Bernero p 0 0 0 0
  Ledezma p 0 0 0 0
  Roney p 0 0 0 0
  German p 0 0 0 0
  Spurling p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 1
Oakland 600 230 00011121
Detroit 020 000 000251
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Zito  W (6-3) 6.0 4 2 1 2 5
  Mecir   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Neu   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Bowie   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
1
2
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bernero  L (0-6) 3.1 8 8 8 3 2
  Ledezma   1.2 4 3 2 1 2
  Roney   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  German   1.0 0 0 0 2 2
  Spurling   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
11
10
6
8

  E–Singleton (1), D Young (3).  DP–Oakland 1, Detroit 2.  2B–Oakland Hatteberg (9,off Ledezma).  3B–Oakland Byrnes (4,off Bernero), Detroit Torres (2,off Zito).  SH–Ellis (4,off Bernero).  HBP–Santiago (1,by Neu).  HBP–Neu (2,Santiago).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Mike DiMuro, 2B–Andrew Fletcher, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:35.  A–10,513.
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