Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
October 9, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 9, 2012 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 0, Oakland Athletics 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Jackson cf 3 0 0 0
Infante 2b 4 0 0 0
Cabrera 3b 4 0 1 0
Fielder 1b 4 0 0 0
Young dh 3 0 1 0
Peralta ss 2 0 2 0
Dirks lf 3 0 0 0
Garcia rf 3 0 0 0
Laird c 3 0 0 0
Sanchez p 0 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Coke p 0 0 0 0
  Porcello p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 4 0
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Crisp cf 4 1 1 0
Drew ss 2 0 0 0
Cespedes lf 4 0 1 1
Moss 1b 3 0 0 0
Reddick rf 3 0 0 0
Donaldson 3b 3 0 2 0
Smith dh 3 1 1 1
Norris c 3 0 0 0
Pennington 2b 2 0 0 0
Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Doolittle p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 5 2
Detroit 000 000 000040
Oakland 100 010 00x250
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sanchez  L(0-1) 6.1 5 2 2 2 3
  Dotel   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Coke   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Porcello   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
0
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson  W(1-0) 6.0 2 0 0 2 6
  Cook   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Doolittle   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Balfour  SV(1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
1

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1. Infante-Peralta-Fielder, Oakland 2. Donaldson-Pennington-Moss, Drew-Moss.  HR–Oakland Smith (1,5th inning off Sanchez 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–4.  Team–4.  CS–Norris (1,2nd base by Sanchez/Laird).  U–Dana DeMuth, Eric Cooper, Wally Bell, Scott Barry, Jim Reynolds, Mark Wegner.  T–2:33.  A–37,090.
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