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Athletics 5 @ Tigers 6
Tiger Stadium
July 21, 1987

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Oakland Athletics, played on July 21, 1987 at Tiger Stadium. The home team Tigers beat the visiting Athletics with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateJuly 21, 1987 
Visiting Team
Oakland Athletics
R: 5 H: 14 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 5
Hits: 14
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 6 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 12
Runs: 6
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 12
Winning PitcherEric King  
Losing PitcherJay Howell  
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Game Winning RBIJohnny Grubb 

Game Info

DateJuly 21, 1987 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamOakland Athletics 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherDave Stewart  
Home Starting PitcherWalt Terrell  
BallparkTiger Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance23,118 
Time of Game3 hours 33 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Greg Kosc
1B: Rocky Roe
2B: Larry Barnett
3B: Vic Voltaggio

Oakland Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Luis Polonia  Center Fielder 
Mike Davis  Right Fielder 
Jose Canseco  Left Fielder 
Mark McGwire  First Baseman 
Reggie Jackson  DH 
Terry Steinbach  Third Baseman 
Tony Bernazard  Second Baseman 
Mickey Tettleton  Catcher 
Alfredo Griffin  Shortstop 
Tony LaRussa  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Lou Whitaker  Second Baseman 
Bill Madlock  DH 
Darrell Evans  First Baseman 
Alan Trammell  Shortstop 
Matt Nokes  Catcher 
Dave Bergman  Left Fielder 
Mike Heath  Right Fielder 
Pat Sheridan  Center Fielder 
Tom Brookens  Third Baseman 
Sparky Anderson  Manager 

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Athletics 5 @ Tigers 6
Tiger Stadium
July 21, 1987

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 7/21/1987 -- Oakland at Detroit (N)

  Oakland            AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Polonia L, cf         5  0  3  0   Whitaker L, 2b        4  1  1  1   
Davis M, rf           4  0  1  2   Madlock B, dh         3  1  1  0   
Canseco J, lf         4  1  2  1   Walewander J, pr      0  1  0  0   
McGwire M, 1b         5  1  1  1   Grubb J, ph           2  1  2  1   
Jackson R, dh         5  1  1  1   Evans D, 1b           4  0  1  0   
Steinbach T, 3b       4  0  1  0   Trammell A, ss        4  0  1  2   
LeMaster J, 3b        0  0  0  0   Nokes M, c            5  0  1  1   
Lansford C, ph-3b     1  0  0  0   Bergman D, lf         3  1  0  0   
Bernazard T, 2b       5  0  3  0   Lemon C, cf           1  0  0  0   
Tettleton M, c        5  0  0  0   Heath M, rf-3b        5  0  0  0   
Griffin A, ss         3  2  2  0   Sheridan P, cf-rf     4  0  3  0   
                                   Brookens T, 3b        3  0  0  1   
                                   Gibson K, ph-lf       0  1  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     41  5 14  5                        38  6 10  6

Oakland          000 001 111 1 --  5
Detroit          011 000 101 2 --  6
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Oakland              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Stewart D             7.0  5  3  3  6  8
Eckersley D*          1.0  2  1  1  1  2
Leiper D              1.0  1  0  0  0  1
Howell J (L)          0.2  2  2  2  0  2

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Terrell W             7.2 10  3  3  2  5
King E (W)            2.1  4  2  2  0  2
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 9th

DP -- Detroit 1
LOB -- Oakland 9, Detroit 12
2B -- Canseco J, Sheridan P, Polonia L, Trammell A, Bernazard T, Grubb J
HR -- Canseco J, Jackson R, McGwire M
SB -- Madlock B, Sheridan P, Griffin A, Gibson K
SF -- Davis M, Trammell A
HBP -- by Howell J (Gibson K)
T -- 3:33
A -- 23118

    

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