Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
September 9, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 2008 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 3, Detroit Tigers 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf 5 2 2 1
Barton 1b 3 0 0 1
Brown dh 3 0 1 1
Sweeney rf 4 0 1 0
Suzuki c 4 0 0 0
Crosby ss 4 0 1 0
Cunningham lf 4 0 1 0
Baisley 3b 2 0 0 0
  Patterson pr 0 1 0 0
  Hannahan 3b 1 0 0 0
Pennington 2b 4 0 2 0
Eveland p 0 0 0 0
  Devine p 0 0 0 0
  Street p 0 0 0 0
  Ziegler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 5 0 0 0
Polanco 2b 5 0 2 0
Ordonez rf 3 0 0 0
Cabrera 1b 2 1 0 0
Sheffield dh 3 1 1 0
Thames lf 3 0 1 0
  Joyce lf 1 0 0 0
Renteria ss 4 0 1 2
Inge 3b 4 0 2 0
Ryan c 3 0 2 0
  Larish ph 1 0 1 0
Robertson p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
  Dolsi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 10 2
Oakland 000 001 020380
Detroit 020 000 0002100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Eveland  6 7.0 2 2 2 2 0
  Devine  W (5-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Street  0.2 1.0 0 0 2 0 0
  Ziegler  SV (7) 1.1 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
10.1
10
2
2
4
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Robertson  7 4.0 1 1 0 6 0
  Seay  0.1 0.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Rodney  L (0-5) 0.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Dolsi  1 2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
6.2
8
3
3
2
8

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 3. Pennington-Crosby, Crosby-Pennington-Barton, Crosby-Pennington-Barton.  2B–Detroit Ryan (1,off Eveland); Polanco (32,off Street)..  3B–Oakland Davis 2 (4,off Robertson,off Rodney).  SF–E. Brown (4,off Rodney).  IBB–Barton (3,by Rodney); Sheffield (2,by Street).  Team LOB–7.  Team–9.  SB–Patterson (8,2nd base off Seay/Ryan).  U-HP–Bruce Dreckman, 1B–Scott Barry, 2B–Mike Estabrook, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:46.  A–37,240.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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