Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
October 11, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 11, 2006 at McAfee 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 8, Oakland Athletics 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 5 1 2 1
Perez ss 4 0 0 0
Polanco 2b 4 1 3 0
Ordonez rf 5 1 1 0
Guillen 1b 4 1 1 0
Rodriguez c 3 1 0 0
Monroe lf 3 2 2 2
Gomez dh 4 1 2 4
Inge 3b 3 0 0 1
Verlander p 0 0 0 0
  Ledezma p 0 0 0 0
  Grilli p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 11 8
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Kendall c 5 0 1 0
Kotsay cf 4 2 3 0
Bradley rf 5 2 4 4
Thomas dh 5 0 0 0
Chavez 3b 4 1 1 1
Payton lf 4 0 1 0
Swisher 1b 3 0 0 0
Scutaro ss 4 0 0 0
Jimenez 2b 3 0 1 0
  Melhuse ph 1 0 0 0
Loaiza p 0 0 0 0
  Gaudin p 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy p 0 0 0 0
  Street p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 11 5
Detroit 010 402 0018110
Oakland 102 001 1005111
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Verlander  W (1-0) 5.1 7 4 4 1 6
  Ledezma  1.1 1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Grilli  0.1 0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Rodney  1 0.0 0 0 0 3 0
  Jones  SV (1) 1.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
7.1
11
5
5
2
13
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Loaiza  L (0-1) 6.0 9 7 7 1 5
  Gaudin  0.2 1.0 0 0 1 0 0
  Kennedy  1.1 0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Street  1 1.0 1 1 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
2
7

  E–Jimenez (2).  DP–Oakland 1 Loaiza-Jimenez-Swisher.  2B–Detroit Guillen (1,off Loaiza); Monroe (1,off Loaiza), Oakland Kotsay 2 (2,off Verlander 2).  HR–Detroit Gomez (1,6th inning off Loaiza 1 on 2 out); Granderson (1,9th inning off Street 0 on 0 out), Oakland Bradley 2 (2,3rd inning off Verlander 1 on 2 out,7th inning off Ledezma 0 on 2 out); Chavez (1,6th inning off Verlander 0 on 0 out).  SH–Perez (1,off Gaudin).  SF–Monroe (1,off Loaiza); Inge (1,off Loaiza).  IBB–Polanco (1,by Gaudin).  Team LOB–5.  Team–8.  IBB–Gaudin (1,Polanco).  U-HP–Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Chuck Meriwether, 3B–Gary Cederstrom.  T–3:06.  A–36,168.
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