Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
April 16, 2011 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 2011 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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

Detroit Tigers 2, Oakland Athletics 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Jackson cf 4 0 0 1
Raburn lf 5 0 1 0
Ordonez dh 4 0 1 0
Cabrera 1b 2 1 1 0
Martinez c 4 0 2 0
Peralta ss 4 1 1 0
Boesch rf 2 0 0 0
Inge 3b 4 0 0 0
Santiago 2b 3 0 0 0
Verlander p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Crisp cf 5 0 1 1
Barton 1b 3 0 0 0
DeJesus rf 3 1 2 0
Willingham lf 4 1 1 1
Matsui dh 4 1 2 1
Suzuki c 3 1 1 0
LaRoche 2b 3 0 0 0
  Sweeney ph 1 1 1 1
  Ellis 2b 0 0 0 0
Kouzmanoff 3b 3 1 1 1
Pennington ss 3 0 0 0
Braden p 0 0 0 0
  Ziegler p 0 0 0 0
  Breslow p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Fuentes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 5
Detroit 010 000 001261
Oakland 000 301 02x691
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Verlander  L(1-2) 6.0 8 4 3 3 6
  Thomas   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez   1.0 1 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
5
4
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Braden  W(1-1) 5.0 3 1 0 2 5
  Ziegler   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Breslow   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Balfour   1.0 2 1 1 2 0
  Fuentes   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
6
5

  E–Raburn (3), Barton (5).  DP–Oakland 1. Pennington-LaRoche-Barton.  2B–Detroit Martinez (4,off Braden); Cabrera (4,off Braden), Oakland DeJesus (2,off Verlander); Willingham (2,off Verlander); Matsui (4,off Verlander); Kouzmanoff (3,off Verlander); Crisp (3,off Verlander).  3B–Oakland Sweeney (1,off Gonzalez).  Team LOB–9.  SF–Kouzmanoff (3,off Gonzalez).  Team–7.  CS–Boesch (1,2nd base by Breslow/Suzuki).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Wally Bell, 2B–Laz Diaz, 3B–Scott Barry.  T–3:02.  A–16,265.
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