Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
July 31, 2007 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 2007 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 3, Oakland Athletics 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 4 1 0 0
Polanco 2b 5 0 1 1
Sheffield dh 4 0 1 0
Ordonez rf 4 0 0 0
Guillen ss 4 1 2 0
  Infante ss 0 0 0 0
Casey 1b 4 1 2 1
Monroe lf 4 0 1 0
Rabelo c 3 0 0 1
Inge 3b 4 0 0 0
Verlander p 0 0 0 0
  McBride p 0 0 0 0
  Grilli p 0 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 7 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Buck rf 3 1 2 2
Swisher 1b 3 0 0 0
Cust lf 3 0 2 2
  Stewart lf 0 0 0 0
Piazza dh 5 0 0 0
Ellis 2b 5 0 0 0
Kotsay cf 4 2 1 0
Scutaro 3b 4 2 2 0
Murphy ss 4 1 1 0
Suzuki c 3 1 2 3
Haren p 0 0 0 0
  Street p 0 0 0 0
  Casilla p 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 10 7
Detroit 120 000 000372
Oakland 010 004 20x7103
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Verlander  L (11-4) 5.1 7 4 3 4 5
  McBride   0.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Grilli   1.2 1 2 0 1 1
  Byrdak   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
4
7
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Haren  W (13-3) 6.0 6 3 2 1 3
  Street   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Casilla   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Embree   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
1
6

  E–Guillen (20), Inge (13), Cust (2), Scutaro (9), Murphy (2).  DP–Detroit 1. Inge-Polanco-Casey.  2B–Detroit Casey (24,off Haren), Oakland Scutaro (5,off Verlander); Cust (11,off Verlander); Murphy (4,off Verlander)..  SH–Rabelo (4,off Haren).  Team LOB–8.  SF–Buck (4,off Grilli).  Team–11.  SB–Buck (3,2nd base off Verlander/Rabelo); Stewart (10,2nd base off Byrdak/Rabelo).  U-HP–Mike Everitt, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Alfonso Marquez, 3B–Chris Guccione.  T–2:53.  A–21,305.
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