Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
May 15, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 2009 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 1, Detroit Tigers 14

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Cabrera ss 4 0 0 0
Suzuki c 4 0 2 0
Giambi 1b 3 0 0 0
  Powell 1b 1 0 1 0
Holliday lf 3 1 2 0
  Davis cf 1 0 0 0
Cust dh 4 0 0 0
Sweeney cf,rf 4 0 0 0
Kennedy 2b 4 0 2 1
Crosby 3b 1 0 0 0
  Hannahan 3b 2 0 0 0
Cunningham rf,lf 3 0 0 0
Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Giese p 0 0 0 0
  Casilla p 0 0 0 0
  Ziegler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 4 0 1 0
Polanco 2b 5 0 0 0
Thomas rf 5 4 3 0
Cabrera 1b 4 4 3 1
  Larish 1b 1 0 0 0
Ordonez dh 3 2 3 2
  Anderson ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Inge 3b 4 3 2 5
Raburn lf 5 1 1 5
Laird c 3 0 0 0
Everett ss 4 0 0 1
Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  French p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 14 13 14
Oakland 000 100 000174
Detroit 502 204 01x14130
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson  L(0-4) 3.1 6 9 3 2 1
  Giese   2.2 4 4 4 1 3
  Casilla   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Ziegler   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
14
8
3
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  W(3-2) 7.0 6 1 1 0 6
  Perry   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  French   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
0
9

  E–Cabrera (5), Giambi (3), Kennedy (1), Crosby (5).  DP–Oakland 1. Cabrera-Kennedy-Powell.  2B–Oakland Holliday (5,off Jackson), Detroit Thomas (3,off Anderson); Cabrera (5,off Anderson); Ordonez (3,off Giese).  HR–Detroit Raburn (1,1st inning off Anderson 3 on 2 out); Inge (10,6th inning off Giese 3 on 1 out).  Team LOB–6.  HBP–Inge (4,by Anderson).  Team–5.  SB–Kennedy (1,2nd base off Jackson/Laird).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Phil Cuzzi, 2B–Todd Tichenor, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–2:27.  A–26,770.
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