Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
September 8, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1991 at Tiger Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 7, Detroit Tigers 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. lf 5 0 1 1
Howitt cf 4 1 1 0
  Henderson D. ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilson cf 0 0 0 0
Canseco rf 4 2 2 0
Baines dh 4 1 2 2
Steinbach c 4 0 2 1
McGwire 1b 4 1 0 1
Brosius 3b 3 1 1 1
  Law 3b 0 1 0 0
Blankenship 2b 1 0 1 0
  Gallego 2b 0 0 0 0
Bordick ss 4 0 1 1
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 11 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Cuyler cf 5 1 1 0
Whitaker 2b 3 0 2 1
Moseby lf 3 1 1 1
Fielder 1b 4 1 1 2
Tettleton c 4 0 1 0
  Paredes pr 0 0 0 0
  Barnes rf 0 0 0 0
Fryman ss 4 0 0 0
Deer rf 3 0 0 0
  Bergman ph 1 0 0 0
  Allanson c 0 0 0 0
Incaviglia dh 4 1 1 0
Livingstone 3b 3 0 1 0
  Hare ph 1 0 0 0
Gullickson p 0 0 0 0
  Haas p 0 0 0 0
  Kaiser p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Oakland 010 410 0017111
Detroit 200 020 000481
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  W (11-8) 7.0 7 4 4 1 5
  Nelson   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley  SV (39) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
1
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Gullickson  L (17-8) 4.1 9 6 6 1 2
  Haas   4.1 2 1 1 2 4
  Kaiser   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
3
6

  E–Bordick (7), Deer (7).  DP–Oakland 1, Detroit 1.  2B–Oakland Brosius (4,off Gullickson).  3B–Oakland Canseco (1,off Gullickson).  HR–Oakland Baines (19,2nd inning off Gullickson 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Fielder (39,1st inning off Stewart 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Blankenship (2,off Haas).  HBP–Moseby (3,by Stewart).  CS–Blankenship 2 (2,2nd base by Gullickson/Tettleton,2nd base by Haas/Tettleton).  HBP–Stewart (8,Moseby).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:49.  A–28,873.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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