Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
June 10, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 10, 1997 at Tiger Stadium. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 4, Detroit Tigers 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Mashore cf 4 1 1 0
Giambi lf,1b 5 1 2 1
Berroa rf 4 1 1 1
McGwire 1b 3 0 0 0
  Stairs lf 0 0 0 0
  Lennon ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Canseco dh 4 1 3 2
Magadan 3b 3 0 2 0
  Bournigal pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Brosius ss,3b 4 0 0 0
Bellhorn 2b 4 0 1 0
Mayne c 4 0 0 0
Prieto p 0 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Mohler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 4 0 1 1
Higginson lf 4 1 1 1
Fryman 3b 3 1 2 0
Clark 1b 4 0 1 1
Hamelin dh 1 1 1 0
Nieves rf 4 1 3 0
Casanova c 3 0 0 0
Easley 2b 3 1 2 2
Cruz ss 3 1 1 0
Blair p 0 0 0 0
  Sager p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 12 5
Oakland 100 001 0204101
Detroit 130 010 01x6120
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Prieto  L (4-4) 5.2 8 5 5 3 1
  Reyes   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Groom   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Johnson   0.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Mohler   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
4
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Blair  W (4-2) 5.2 7 2 2 1 6
  Sager   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Myers   0.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Miceli   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Jones  SV (7) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
8

  E–Bellhorn (1).  DP–Oakland 5, Detroit 1.  2B–Oakland Giambi 2 (19,off Blair 2); Magadan 2 (2,off Blair,off Miceli); Canseco (12,off Blair), Detroit Hamelin (5,off Prieto); Cruz (12,off Reyes); Fryman (8,off Johnson).  3B–Detroit Hunter (4,off Prieto).  HR–Oakland Berroa (14,8th inning off Myers 0 on, 1 out); Canseco (13,8th inning off Miceli 0 on, 2 out), Detroit Higginson (9,1st inning off Prieto 0 on, 1 out); Easley (6,5th inning off Prieto 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Fryman (3,by Prieto).  WP–Johnson (1).  HBP–Prieto (4,Fryman).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Ed Hickox, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–3:11.  A–10,019.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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