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Athletics 8 @ Tigers 7
Tiger Stadium
May 9, 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 May 9, 1987 at Tiger Stadium. The home team Tigers were bested by the visiting Athletics with a score of 8 to 7.

Game Summary

DateMay 9, 1987 
Visiting Team
Oakland Athletics
R: 8 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 8
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 7 H: 11 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 7
Hits: 11
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Winning Pitcher—Gene Nelson  
Losing Pitcher—Mark Thurmond  
Save—Jay Howell  
Game Winning RBI—Ron Cey 

Game Info

DateMay 9, 1987 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamOakland Athletics 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherEric Plunk  
Home Starting PitcherEric King  
BallparkTiger Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance15,685 
Time of Game3 hours 28 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Joe Brinkman
1B: Terry Cooney
2B: Mike Reilly
3B: Tim Welke

Oakland Athletics Lineup 

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

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

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

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Athletics 8 @ Tigers 7
Tiger Stadium
May 9, 1987

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         Game of 5/9/1987 -- Oakland at Detroit (N)

  Oakland            AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Polonia L, cf         4  1  2  1   Sheridan P, rf        5  0  0  0   
Cey R, ph             1  0  1  2   Whitaker L, 2b        5  0  0  0   
Javier S, pr-cf       0  0  0  0   Gibson K, lf          4  1  1  1   
Davis M, rf           4  1  1  0   Trammell A, ss        5  1  1  0   
Lansford C, 3b-1b     5  0  0  1   Nokes M, dh           3  2  1  0   
Canseco J, lf         5  0  1  1   Evans D, 1b           3  2  1  2   
Jackson R, dh         5  0  0  0   Bergman D, 1b         1  0  0  0   
McGwire M, 1b         3  2  1  1   Heath M, c            4  1  4  4   
Gallego M, 3b         0  0  0  0   Bean B, cf            4  0  2  0   
Phillips T, 2b        4  1  2  2   Brookens T, 3b        3  0  1  0   
Tettleton M, c        3  0  0  0   Grubb J, ph           1  0  0  0   
Willard J, ph         0  0  0  0   Coles D, 3b           0  0  0  0   
Steinbach T, ph-c     1  1  1  0                                      
Griffin A, ss         2  2  1  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     37  8 10  8                        38  7 11  7

Oakland          001 001 240 --  8
Detroit          011 003 200 --  7

  Oakland              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Plunk E               5.1  9  5  5  2  5
Leiper D              1.1  1  2  2  1  1
Nelson G (W)          1.1  1  0  0  0  2
Howell J (S)          1.0  0  0  0  1  1

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
King E                6.1  6  4  4  4  5
Robinson J            1.0  1  2  2  1  1
Thurmond M (L)        0.1  3  2  2  0  0
Snell N               1.1  0  0  0  0  2

LOB -- Oakland 8, Detroit 8
2B -- Phillips T, Davis M, Cey R
HR -- Gibson K, McGwire M, Heath M, Evans D, Phillips T
SB -- Davis M, Griffin A
HBP -- by King E (Davis M)
WP -- King E, Howell J
Balk -- Robinson J
PB -- Heath M
T -- 3:28
A -- 15685

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