Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
May 31, 2010 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 2010 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)
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Oakland Athletics 4, Detroit Tigers 1

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf 4 2 2 0
Barton 1b 2 1 1 1
Sweeney rf 4 0 1 1
Suzuki c 4 1 1 0
Cust dh 4 0 0 0
Kouzmanoff 3b 4 0 1 1
Gross lf 4 0 2 0
Rosales 2b 4 0 0 0
Pennington ss 3 0 0 0
Cahill p 0 0 0 0
  Blevins p 0 0 0 0
  Wuertz p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kelly cf 1 0 1 0
  Jackson ph,cf 2 0 1 1
Damon dh 4 0 0 0
Ordonez rf 4 0 0 0
Cabrera 1b 4 0 0 0
Boesch lf 1 0 0 0
Guillen 2b 4 0 0 0
Inge 3b 4 1 2 0
Avila c 2 0 2 0
  Laird ph,c 2 0 0 0
Santiago ss 2 0 1 0
Verlander p 0 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Ni p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 7 1
Oakland 200 000 110481
Detroit 000 000 100170
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Cahill  W(4-2) 6.1 5 1 1 4 3
  Blevins   0.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Wuertz   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Bailey  SV(11) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
6
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Verlander  L(5-4) 7.0 6 3 3 1 8
  Perry   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Ni   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
2
8

  E–Cahill (1).  DP–Oakland 2. Kouzmanoff-Rosales-Barton, Rosales-Pennington-Barton, Detroit 2. Santiago-Guillen-Cabrera, Guillen-Santiago-Cabrera.  2B–Oakland Barton (14,off Verlander); Suzuki (5,off Verlander); Gross (3,off Ni).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Kelly (1,off Cahill).  Team–9.  SB–Davis 2 (22,2nd base off Perry/Laird,3rd base off Perry/Laird).  U-HP–Laz Diaz, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–James Hoye, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–2:48.  A–23,641.
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