Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
September 16, 2011 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 2011 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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)
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Detroit Tigers 3, Oakland Athletics 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Jackson cf 4 0 0 0
Kelly rf 4 1 2 2
Young lf 5 0 0 0
Cabrera 1b 1 0 1 0
Martinez dh 3 0 2 0
Avila c 4 0 0 0
Peralta ss 4 1 1 0
Betemit 3b 3 0 1 1
  Inge 3b 1 0 0 0
Santiago 2b 4 1 2 0
Fister p 0 0 0 0
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 9 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Crisp cf 4 0 1 0
Weeks 2b 4 0 0 0
Matsui lf 4 0 0 0
Willingham dh 4 1 1 1
DeJesus rf 3 0 2 0
Pennington ss 3 0 0 0
Allen 1b 3 0 0 0
Powell c 3 0 0 0
Sogard 3b 3 0 0 0
Cahill p 0 0 0 0
  Breslow p 0 0 0 0
  De Los Santos p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Detroit 001 001 100390
Oakland 010 000 000140
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Fister  W(9-13) 8.0 3 1 1 0 5
  Valverde  SV(45) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
0
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Cahill  L(11-14) 6.2 9 3 3 4 4
  Breslow   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  De Los Santos   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
4
7

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 2. Cahill-Pennington-Allen, Matsui-Powell.  2B–Detroit Martinez (35,off Cahill), Oakland Crisp (27,off Valverde).  3B–Detroit Santiago (3,off Cahill); Betemit (3,off Cahill).  HR–Detroit Kelly (5,7th inning off Cahill 0 on 1 out), Oakland Willingham (27,2nd inning off Fister 0 on 0 out).  SH–Kelly (6,off Cahill).  HBP–Jackson (3,by Cahill).  IBB–Cabrera (21,by Cahill).  Team LOB–9.  Team–3.  U-HP–Eric Cooper, 1B–Jim Reynolds, 2B–Mike DiMuro, 3B–Andy Fletcher.  T–2:25.  A–31,022.
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