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Tigers
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
August 21, 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 August 21, 1985 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | August 21, 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 | August 21, 1985 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Juan Berenguer |
Home Starting Pitcher | Chris Codiroli |
Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
City | Oakland |
State | CA |
Attendance | 13,604 |
Time of Game | 3 hours 6 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Jim Evans 1B: Ted Hendry 2B: Nick Bremigan 3B: Dan Morrison |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Lou Whitaker | Second Baseman |
Alan Trammell | Shortstop |
Kirk Gibson | Right Fielder |
Lance Parrish | Catcher |
Darrell Evans | DH |
Nelson Simmons | Left Fielder |
Dave Bergman | First Baseman |
Chet Lemon | Center Fielder |
Tom Brookens | Third Baseman |
Sparky Anderson | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Alfredo Griffin | Shortstop |
Dwayne Murphy | Center Fielder |
Bruce Bochte | First Baseman |
Dave Kingman | DH |
Mike Davis | Right Fielder |
Donnie Hill | Second Baseman |
Dave Collins | Left Fielder |
Mike Heath | Catcher |
Steve Kiefer | Third Baseman |
Jackie Moore | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Tigers
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
August 21, 1985
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. Codiroli
Whitaker hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Hill reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Codiroli
Trammell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gibson vs. Codiroli
Gibson hits a fly ball into left field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Parrish vs. Codiroli
Parrish takes first base on ball four. Trammell moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Evans vs. Codiroli
Evans takes first base on ball four. Trammell moves to third. Parrish moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Simmons vs. Codiroli
Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bochte scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Simmons for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Berenguer
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Berenguer
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bochte vs. Berenguer
Bochte strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bergman vs. Codiroli
Bergman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kiefer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Codiroli
Lemon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brookens vs. Codiroli
Brookens hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Hill reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitaker vs. Codiroli
Whitaker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bochte scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Whitaker for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Berenguer
Kingman strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Berenguer
Davis hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hill vs. Berenguer
Hill hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brookens settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Collins vs. Berenguer
The umpire calls a balk on Berenguer Davis moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Collins vs. Berenguer
Collins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Codiroli
Trammell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murphy who is chasing the ball. Trammell reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gibson vs. Codiroli
Gibson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murphy. Gibson reaches second base with a double. Trammell scores. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Parrish vs. Codiroli
Parrish strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Evans vs. Codiroli
Evans hits a fly ball into left field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Simmons vs. Codiroli
Simmons hits a fly ball into left field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Berenguer
Heath takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kiefer vs. Berenguer
Kiefer takes first base on ball four. Heath moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Griffin vs. Berenguer
Griffin hits a popup towards the mound. Berenguer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Murphy vs. Berenguer
Murphy strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bochte vs. Berenguer
Bochte hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bergman vs. Codiroli
Bergman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Codiroli
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kiefer fields it and throws to first for the out. Bergman moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brookens vs. Codiroli
Brookens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Whitaker vs. Codiroli
Whitaker strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Berenguer
Kingman hits a line drive into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Berenguer
Davis hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Berenguer
Hill hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Collins vs. Berenguer
Collins hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hill moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Heath vs. Berenguer
There goes Collins. The throw from Parrish and he is safe. Collins steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Heath vs. Berenguer
Heath takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kiefer vs. Berenguer
Kiefer hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Codiroli
Trammell hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Codiroli
Gibson 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, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Codiroli
Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Berenguer
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bergman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Griffin for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Berenguer
Murphy hits a popup towards third. Brookens settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bochte vs. Berenguer
Bochte strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Codiroli
Evans strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Codiroli
Simmons strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bergman vs. Codiroli
Bergman hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Berenguer
Kingman hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Berenguer
Davis hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bergman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Berenguer
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bergman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hill for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Codiroli
Lemon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brookens vs. Codiroli
Brookens bunts towards the mound. Codiroli fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitaker vs. Codiroli
Whitaker hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Codiroli
Trammell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gibson vs. Ontiveros
Steve Ontiveros now pitching.
Gibson strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Parrish vs. Ontiveros
Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. O'Neal
Randy O'Neal now pitching.
Collins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bergman scoops it up and throws to first, with O'Neal covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. O'Neal
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kiefer vs. O'Neal
Kiefer strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Ontiveros
Evans takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simmons vs. Ontiveros
Alejandro Sanchez pinch runs for Darrell Evans.
Simmons hits a fly ball into left field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bergman vs. Ontiveros
Bergman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hill fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. O'Neal
Larry Herndon now playing left field.
Griffin bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. O'Neal
Murphy hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bochte vs. O'Neal
Bochte strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kingman vs. O'Neal
Kingman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Murphy moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Davis vs. Hernandez
Guillermo Hernandez now pitching.
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brookens fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Mura
Steve Mura now pitching.
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, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brookens vs. Mura
Brookens strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. Mura
Whitaker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trammell vs. Mura
Trammell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Whitaker moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gibson vs. Mura
Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bochte scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gibson for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Hernandez
Hill hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lemon. Hill reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Collins vs. Hernandez
Collins hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hill moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Heath vs. Hernandez
Heath hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hill scores. Collins moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Baker vs. Hernandez
Dusty Baker pinch hits for Steve Kiefer.
Baker takes first base on ball four. Collins moves to third. Heath moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Griffin vs. Hernandez
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bergman fields it and throws to second for the out. Collins scores. Heath moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Henderson vs. Hernandez
Steve Henderson pinch hits for Dwayne Murphy.
Henderson hits a line drive to center field. That will be extra bases. Lemon chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards first. Bergman fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Bergman. Heath scores. Griffin goes all the way around to score. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/21/1985 -- Detroit at Oakland (N) Detroit AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI Whitaker L, 2b 5 1 2 2 Griffin A, ss 5 1 0 1 Trammell A, ss 3 1 2 0 Murphy D, cf 4 0 1 0 Gibson K, rf 5 0 1 1 Henderson S, ph 1 0 1 1 Parrish L, c 3 0 0 0 Bochte B, 1b 4 0 0 0 Evans D, dh 2 0 0 0 Kingman D, dh 4 0 1 0 Sanchez A, pr 0 0 0 0 Davis M, rf 4 0 1 0 Simmons N, lf 4 0 0 0 Hill D, 2b 4 1 2 0 Herndon L, lf 0 0 0 0 Collins D, lf 4 1 2 0 Bergman D, 1b 3 0 0 0 Heath M, c 2 1 1 1 Lemon C, cf 3 0 1 0 Kiefer S, 3b 2 0 0 0 Brookens T, 3b 4 1 0 0 Baker D, ph 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 3 6 3 34 4 9 3 Detroit 001 000 200 -- 3 Oakland 000 000 004 -- 4 1 out when winning run was scored. Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Berenguer J 6.0 3 0 0 3 4 O'Neal R 1.2 2 0 0 0 3 Hernandez G (L) 0.2 4 4 3 1 0 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO Codiroli C 6.1 4 3 3 6 4 Ontiveros S 1.2 0 0 0 1 1 Mura S (W) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 E -- Bergman D DP -- Oakland 1 LOB -- Detroit 9, Oakland 9 2B -- Gibson K, Hill D, Henderson S 3B -- Trammell A HR -- Whitaker L SB -- Collins D Balk -- Berenguer J T -- 3:06 A -- 13604
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