Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
May 17, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 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."

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Oakland Athletics 7, Detroit Tigers 11

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Cabrera ss 4 1 2 1
Kennedy 2b 4 2 3 1
Cust rf 4 1 0 0
Holliday lf 4 1 4 0
Giambi dh 4 1 1 0
Sweeney cf 4 0 1 2
Crosby 1b 4 1 0 0
Powell c 5 0 1 3
Hannahan 3b 3 0 0 0
  Buck ph 1 0 0 0
Cahill p 0 0 0 0
  Casilla p 0 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
  Ziegler p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 12 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 2 2 1 3
Anderson lf 5 0 1 2
Thomas rf 4 0 0 0
Cabrera 1b 5 0 0 0
Ordonez dh 4 1 1 0
Larish 3b 3 2 2 0
  Inge 3b 1 0 0 0
Laird c 5 1 1 1
Santiago 2b 4 3 4 4
Everett ss 3 2 3 1
Galarraga p 0 0 0 0
  Miner p 0 0 0 0
  French p 0 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 13 11
Oakland 510 010 0007121
Detroit 044 030 00x11130
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Cahill  L(2-3) 2.1 7 7 7 2 0
  Casilla   2.1 4 3 3 0 2
  Springer   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Ziegler   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Bailey   1.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
8.0
13
11
11
6
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Galarraga   0.2 4 5 5 3 0
  Miner  W(3-1) 4.1 7 2 2 1 6
  French   2.0 0 0 0 3 2
  Perry   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Rodney   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
7
8

  E–Cabrera (6).  DP–Oakland 1. Kennedy-Cabrera-Hannahan, Detroit 1. Everett-Inge-Cabrera.  2B–Oakland Powell (4,off Galarraga), Detroit Ordonez (5,off Cahill); Everett 2 (7,off Casilla 2).  3B–Detroit Santiago (1,off Cahill); Anderson (2,off Cahill).  HR–Oakland Kennedy (1,1st inning off Galarraga 0 on 1 out); Cabrera (1,5th inning off Miner 0 on 2 out), Detroit Santiago (3,3rd inning off Casilla 2 on 1 out); Granderson (10,5th inning off Springer 2 on 2 out).  SF–Sweeney (2,off Galarraga).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Everett (4,off Ziegler).  IBB–Granderson (1,by Ziegler).  Team–8.  SB–Holliday (1,2nd base off Miner/Laird).  U-HP–Todd Tichenor, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Phil Cuzzi.  T–2:57.  A–27,535.
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