Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
October 6, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 6, 2012 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 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Crisp cf 4 1 1 1
Drew ss 4 0 1 0
Cespedes lf 3 0 1 0
Moss 1b 4 0 0 0
Reddick rf 3 0 0 0
Donaldson 3b 4 0 0 0
Smith dh 3 0 0 0
Norris c 3 0 0 0
  Kottaras ph 1 0 0 0
Pennington 2b 2 0 1 0
Parker p 0 0 0 0
  Neshek p 0 0 0 0
  Blevins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Jackson cf 4 1 1 0
Berry lf 3 0 2 0
  Garcia ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Cabrera 3b 3 0 0 0
Fielder 1b 4 0 0 0
Young dh 2 0 0 0
Dirks rf,lf 3 0 1 0
Peralta ss 3 0 0 0
Avila c 3 1 2 1
Infante 2b 3 1 1 0
Verlander p 0 0 0 0
  Benoit p 0 0 0 0
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 7 1
Oakland 100 000 000141
Detroit 101 010 00x370
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Parker  L(0-1) 6.1 7 3 2 1 5
  Neshek   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Blevins   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
0
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Verlander  W(1-0) 7.0 3 1 1 4 11
  Benoit   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Valverde  SV(1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
2

  E–Parker (1).  DP–Oakland 2. Drew-Pennington-Moss, Norris-Pennington.  2B–Oakland Drew (1,off Verlander), Detroit Jackson (1,off Parker); Infante (1,off Parker).  HR–Oakland Crisp (1,1st inning off Verlander 0 on 0 out), Detroit Avila (1,5th inning off Parker 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Young (1,by Parker).  Team–4.  U–Jim Reynolds, Mark Wegner, Dana DeMuth, Eric Cooper, Wally Bell, Scott Barry.  T–2:56.  A–43,323.
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