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Tigers
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
May 18, 1985
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Detroit Tigers, played on May 18, 1985 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | May 18, 1985 |
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Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 18, 1985 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dan Petry |
Home Starting Pitcher | Steve McCatty |
Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
City | Oakland |
State | CA |
Attendance | 26,581 |
Time of Game | 3 hours 11 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Joe Brinkman 1B: Terry Cooney 2B: Derryl Cousins 3B: Tim Welke |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Lou Whitaker | Second Baseman |
Alan Trammell | Shortstop |
Nelson Simmons | Right Fielder |
Lance Parrish | Catcher |
Darrell Evans | First Baseman |
Larry Herndon | Left Fielder |
Mike Laga | DH |
Chet Lemon | Center Fielder |
Tom Brookens | Third Baseman |
Sparky Anderson | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Dave Collins | Left Fielder |
Carney Lansford | Third Baseman |
Dwayne Murphy | Center Fielder |
Dave Kingman | DH |
Dusty Baker | First Baseman |
Mike Heath | Catcher |
Mike Davis | Right Fielder |
Donnie Hill | Second Baseman |
Alfredo Griffin | Shortstop |
Jackie Moore | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Tigers
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
May 18, 1985
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. McCatty
Whitaker hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. McCatty
Trammell hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. McCatty
Simmons takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Parrish vs. McCatty
Parrish takes first base on ball four. Simmons moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Evans vs. McCatty
Evans hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herndon vs. McCatty
Herndon hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Laga vs. McCatty
Laga hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Petry
Collins takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lansford vs. Petry
There goes Collins. The throw from Parrish and he is safe. Collins steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lansford vs. Petry
Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Collins moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Murphy vs. Petry
Murphy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kingman vs. Petry
The ball gets by Parrish for a passed ball. Collins scores. Murphy moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kingman vs. Petry
Kingman strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Baker vs. Petry
Baker hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Parrish settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. McCatty
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brookens vs. McCatty
Brookens hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. McCatty
Whitaker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trammell vs. McCatty
There goes Whitaker. The throw from Heath and he is safe. Whitaker steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Trammell vs. McCatty
Trammell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Whitaker scores. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simmons vs. McCatty
Simmons hits a fly ball into left field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Petry
Heath hits a popup, foul, towards first. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Petry
Davis hits a fly ball into right field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Petry
Hill hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Griffin vs. Petry
Griffin strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. McCatty
Parrish hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. McCatty
Evans hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Parrish moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Herndon vs. Tellmann
Tom Tellmann now pitching.
Herndon takes first base on ball four. Parrish moves to third. Evans moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Laga vs. Tellmann
Laga hits a ball on the ground towards first. Baker scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Laga for the out. Parrish scores. Evans moves to third. Herndon moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lemon vs. Tellmann
Lemon strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Brookens vs. Tellmann
Brookens hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Davis throws the ball in to Griffin who tags Brookens trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Evans scores. Herndon scores. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Petry
Collins hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lemon who is chasing the ball. Collins reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lansford vs. Petry
Lansford hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lemon. Lansford reaches second base with a double. Collins scores. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murphy vs. Petry
Murphy hits a fly ball into left field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lansford moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kingman vs. Petry
Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lansford scores. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Petry
Baker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Petry
Heath hits a popup, foul, towards first. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. Tellmann
Whitaker hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lansford settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Tellmann
Trammell is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Tellmann
Simmons hits a popup towards short. Griffin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Petry
Davis hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hill vs. Petry
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards first. Evans scoops it up and throws to first, with Petry covering, for the out. Davis moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Griffin vs. Petry
Griffin bunts towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Davis moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Collins vs. Petry
Collins bunts towards the mound. Petry fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Davis scores. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lansford vs. Petry
Lansford hits a fly ball into left field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Tellmann
Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Tellmann
Evans hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Herndon vs. Tellmann
Herndon hits a popup, foul, towards first. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Laga vs. Tellmann
Laga hits a popup towards first. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Petry
Murphy hits a fly ball into right field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Petry
Kingman hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Petry
Baker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brookens juggles the ball. That's an error on Brookens. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Petry
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Tellmann
Lemon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brookens vs. Tellmann
Brookens hits a popup towards third. Lansford settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitaker vs. Tellmann
Whitaker hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trammell vs. Tellmann
Trammell takes first base on ball four. Lemon moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Simmons vs. Tellmann
Simmons hits a fly ball into left field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Petry
Davis strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Petry
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brookens fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Petry
Griffin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Collins vs. Petry
Collins hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Griffin moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lansford vs. Petry
Lansford hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Tellmann
Parrish strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Tellmann
Evans takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Herndon vs. Atherton
Keith Atherton now pitching.
Herndon hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Laga vs. Atherton
There goes Evans. The throw from Heath and he is out, Griffin applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Petry
Murphy hits a fly ball into right field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Petry
Kingman hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Petry
Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Petry
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brookens fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Laga vs. Atherton
Laga hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Atherton
Jim Weaver pinch runs for Mike Laga.
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Weaver moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brookens vs. Atherton
Brookens hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murphy. Brookens reaches second base with a double. Weaver scores. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Whitaker vs. Atherton
Whitaker is walked intentionally. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Trammell vs. Atherton
Trammell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hill settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Simmons vs. Atherton
Simmons hits a popup towards short. Griffin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Hernandez
Guillermo Hernandez now pitching.
Davis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Picciolo vs. Hernandez
Rob Picciolo pinch hits for Donnie Hill.
Picciolo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Davis moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Griffin vs. Hernandez
Griffin hits a fly ball into right field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Davis tags and scores. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Collins vs. Hernandez
Collins strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lansford vs. Hernandez
Lansford hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lemon. Lansford reaches second base with a double. Picciolo moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Murphy vs. Hernandez
Murphy strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Atherton
Rob Picciolo now playing second base.
Parrish hits a fly ball into left field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Atherton
Evans hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Herndon vs. Atherton
Herndon is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Weaver vs. Atherton
Weaver is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Hernandez
Kingman bunts towards third. Brookens settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Hernandez
Baker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brookens fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Hernandez
Heath hits a fly ball into right field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/18/1985 -- Detroit at Oakland (D) Detroit AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI Whitaker L, 2b 4 1 1 0 Collins D, lf 4 2 3 1 Trammell A, ss 4 1 2 2 Lansford C, 3b 5 1 2 1 Simmons N, rf 4 1 0 0 Murphy D, cf 4 0 0 0 Parrish L, c 4 2 1 0 Kingman D, dh 5 1 1 2 Evans D, 1b 4 2 4 3 Baker D, 1b 5 0 1 0 Herndon L, lf 4 1 0 0 Heath M, c 5 0 0 0 Laga M, dh 4 0 1 1 Davis M, rf 3 2 1 0 Weaver J, pr 1 1 0 0 Hill D, 2b 3 0 1 0 Lemon C, cf 4 0 1 0 Picciolo R, ph-2b 1 0 1 0 Brookens T, 3b 4 0 2 3 Griffin A, ss 3 0 1 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 37 9 12 9 38 6 11 5 Detroit 413 000 010 -- 9 Oakland 102 100 110 -- 6 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Petry D (W) 7.0 9 5 4 2 3 Hernandez G 2.0 2 1 1 1 2 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO McCatty S (L)* 2.0 6 7 7 2 0 Tellmann T 4.1 3 1 1 3 3 Atherton K 2.2 3 1 1 1 2 * Pitched to 2 batters in 3rd E -- Brookens T LOB -- Detroit 7, Oakland 9 2B -- Lansford C 2, Brookens T 3B -- Collins D HR -- Trammell A, Evans D, Kingman D SB -- Collins D, Whitaker L CS -- Evans D SF -- Griffin A PB -- Parrish L T -- 3:11 A -- 26581
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