Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
August 12, 2007 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 2007 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 6, Detroit Tigers 11

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Stewart lf,cf 5 0 0 0
Swisher cf 2 0 1 0
  Kotsay cf 1 0 1 0
  Furmaniak lf 0 1 0 0
Cust rf 4 0 0 0
Piazza dh 5 0 0 0
Ellis 2b 3 3 1 1
Scutaro 3b 4 2 3 4
Johnson 1b 5 0 1 1
Murphy ss 5 0 0 0
Bowen c 2 0 1 0
Braden p 0 0 0 0
  Lugo p 0 0 0 0
  Calero p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 8 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Polanco 2b 3 1 1 0
Thames 1b 4 1 1 0
  Casey 1b 1 0 1 1
Sheffield dh 4 1 1 1
Ordonez rf 3 2 2 4
Guillen ss 4 1 1 0
Raburn cf 3 2 2 0
  Granderson cf 2 0 0 1
Monroe lf 4 1 1 1
Rabelo c 3 0 0 1
Inge 3b 3 2 1 2
Robertson p 0 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Bazardo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 11 11 11
Oakland 020 200 101680
Detroit 080 011 10x11111
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Braden  L (1-7) 1.2 7 8 8 1 1
  Lugo   2.1 0 0 0 3 2
  Calero   1.1 3 2 2 2 1
  Marshall   2.2 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
11
11
11
8
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Robertson  W (7-9) 5.2 5 4 4 5 6
  Byrdak   0.2 1 1 1 2 1
  Bazardo   2.2 2 1 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
6
5
7
8

  E–Guillen (22).  2B–Oakland Scutaro 2 (9,off Robertson,off Bazardo); Johnson (18,off Robertson)..  3B–Detroit Raburn (1,off Calero).  HR–Oakland Scutaro (6,2nd inning off Robertson 1 on 1 out), Detroit Ordonez 2 (21,2nd inning off Braden 0 on 0 out,2nd inning off Braden 2 on 2 out).  HBP–Furmaniak (1,by Bazardo).  Team LOB–11.  SF–Monroe (6,off Calero).  Team–8.  U-HP–Angel Hernandez, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Ted Barrett, 3B–Mark Carlson.  T–3:06.  A–39,960.
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