Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
September 8, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 2008 at Comerica Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 8, Detroit Tigers 14

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf 6 1 2 2
Barton 1b 6 1 1 1
Sweeney rf 3 0 1 0
Cust dh 4 1 0 0
Suzuki c 5 2 3 1
Hannahan 3b 5 1 2 2
Cunningham lf 4 1 1 0
Patterson 2b 5 1 1 1
Pennington ss 3 0 2 1
Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
  Outman p 0 0 0 0
  Casilla p 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Gray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 8 13 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 6 0 0 0
Polanco 2b 5 1 1 0
Ordonez rf 3 4 3 2
  Joyce rf 0 0 0 0
Cabrera 1b 4 2 2 3
Sheffield dh 5 2 2 5
Thames lf 2 1 0 0
  Raburn lf 2 0 0 0
Renteria ss 4 1 2 1
Hessman 3b 3 2 1 1
Inge c 3 1 1 2
Miner p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Fossum p 0 0 0 0
  Rapada p 0 0 0 0
  Glover p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 14 12 14
Oakland 201 050 0008133
Detroit 362 100 11x14121
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Gonzalez  L(1-4) 1.2 5 9 8 2 1
  Outman   2.1 4 3 3 0 1
  Casilla   2.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Embree   1.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Gray   1.0 1 1 1 1 2
Totals
8.0
1
1
1
1
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Miner   4.1 11 8 8 2 3
  Lopez   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Fossum  W(3-1) 2.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Rapada   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Glover   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
0

  E–R. Sweeney (1), Pennington 2 (5), Renteria (15).  2B–Oakland Hannahan (27,off Miner), Detroit Renteria (19,off Outman); Ordonez (31,off Embree).  3B–Oakland Barton (5,off Miner), Detroit Inge (4,off G. Gonzalez); Renteria (2,off Outman).  HR–Detroit Ordonez (19,1st inning off G. Gonzalez 1 on 1 out); Sheffield 2 (16,1st inning off G. Gonzalez 0 on 2 out,2nd inning off G. Gonzalez 3 on 2 out); Cabrera (33,3rd inning off Outman 1 on 2 out); Hessman (2,8th inning off Gray 0 on 2 out).  HBP–Pennington (1,by Fossum); Hessman 2 (2,by G. Gonzalez,by Outman); Cabrera (3,by G. Gonzalez).  Team LOB–12.  SF–Inge (3,off Outman).  Team–8.  SB–Renteria (6,2nd base off Casilla/Suzuki).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Bruce Dreckman, 2B–Scott Barry, 3B–Mike Estabrook.  T–3:29.  A–37,981.
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