Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
August 22, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 1985 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 5, Oakland Athletics 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 5 1 0 0
Trammell ss 7 0 0 0
Gibson cf 6 1 3 1
Parrish c 7 1 4 2
Garbey 1b,rf 7 1 1 0
Herndon lf 6 0 2 0
Simmons dh 5 0 1 0
Sanchez rf 2 0 1 0
  Evans ph,1b 4 1 1 1
Brookens 3b 2 0 0 0
  Grubb ph 1 0 1 1
  Castillo 3b 3 0 0 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Scherrer p 0 0 0 0
  Cary p 0 0 0 0
Totals 55 5 14 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 6 0 3 1
Henderson lf 4 1 0 0
  Bochte 1b 1 0 0 0
Baker 1b 4 0 2 0
  Phillips pr 0 0 0 0
  Murphy cf 2 0 0 0
Kingman dh 5 0 1 1
Heath rf,lf,c 4 0 0 0
Davis cf,rf 5 0 0 0
Hill 2b 5 1 1 0
Kiefer 3b 3 0 0 0
  Collins ph,lf 2 0 0 0
O'Brien c 3 1 1 0
  Gallego ph,3b 2 0 1 0
John p 0 0 0 0
  Ontiveros p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
  McCatty p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 3 9 2
Detroit 000 002 100 000 25142
Oakland 120 000 000 000 0392
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana   8.0 7 3 1 1 11
  Lopez   2.0 0 0 0 4 2
  Scherrer  W (2-1) 2.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Cary  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
13.0
9
3
1
6
15
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
John   5.0 8 2 2 0 1
  Ontiveros   2.1 3 1 1 1 4
  Howell   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Atherton  L (4-5) 3.1 2 2 2 2 3
  McCatty   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
13.0
14
5
5
4
9

  E–Trammell (13), Herndon (6), Griffin (21), Hill (14).  2B–Detroit Sanchez (5,off John).  HR–Detroit Parrish (19,6th inning off John 0 on, 0 out); Gibson (22,7th inning off Ontiveros 0 on, 0 out); Evans (28,13th inning off Atherton 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Davis (3,off Lopez).  IBB–Hill (2,by Lopez); Kingman (5,by Scherrer).  SB–Griffin (17,2nd base off Tanana/Parrish).  IBB–Lopez (7,Hill); Scherrer (10,Kingman).  T–4:21.  A–14,550.
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