Oakland Athletics vs. Detroit Tigers - Aug 15, 1998

OAK

54-68

DET

47-73

FINAL/11

Tiger Stadium

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
OAK	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	10	21	1
DET	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	8	15	1

WIN

Billy Taylor

2.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 K, 0 BB

LOSS

Dean Crow

2.0 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 1 K, 2 BB

Box Score

OAK BATTING
PLAYER	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
1R. HendersonLF	4-5	1	0	0	.229
2B. RobertsCF	1-5	0	0	0	.265
↳ M. MacfarlaneC	1-1	1	0	2	.231
3J. Giambi1B	2-4	1	0	2	.284
4M. StairsDH	1-3	1	0	0	.315
↳ M. BlowersPH	1-3	0	0	0	.234
5B. GrieveRF	2-4	1	0	1	.289
↳ R. ChristensonCF	2-3	0	0	1	.242
6S. Spiezio2B	2-7	1	0	1	.269
7E. Sprague Jr.3B	1-6	0	0	0	.231
8M. TejadaSS	3-5	3	1	3	.241
9A. HinchC	0-4	0	0	0	.224
↳ J. McDonaldRF	1-1	1	0	0	.246

OAK PITCHING
PLAYER	IP	H	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
K. Rogers	6.0	8	4	1	7	96-59	3.12
T. Worrell	0.1	1	0	0	0	4-4	5.29
B. Groom	0.0	0	0	1	0	6-2	4.47
T. Mathews	2.2	2	1	1	4	45-28	4.91
B. Taylor(W, 4-9)	2.0	4	1	0	2	34-24	4.42

FULL BOX SCORE

Team Totals

OAK		DET
21	HITS	15
1	HOME RUNS	1
26	TOTAL BASES	20
8	WALKS	3
8	STRIKEOUTS	13
39	RUNNERS LOB	22

Win Probability

OAK 100.0%

OAKEVENDET

10050100

BOT 11 · OAK 10-8 DET · OAK 100.0%Trey Beamon strikes out swinging.

Scoring Summary

TOP 1Ben Grieve 1-run single on a fly ball to center fielder Brian L. Hunter. Jason Giambi scores. Matt Stairs to 3rd.1-0
TOP 1Scott Spiezio 1-run single on a line drive to left fielder Luis Gonzalez. Matt Stairs scores. Ben Grieve to 2nd.2-0
TOP 1Miguel Tejada 2-run double on a fly ball to center fielder Brian L. Hunter. Ben Grieve scores. Scott Spiezio scores. Ed Sprague to 3rd.4-0
BOT 2Deivi Cruz hits a home run (4). Gabe Alvarez scores. Luis Gonzalez scores.4-3
TOP 4Jason Giambi 1-run single on a line drive to right fielder Bobby Higginson. Miguel Tejada scores. Rickey Henderson to 3rd.5-3
TOP 6Jason Giambi 1-run single on a ground ball to right fielder Bobby Higginson. Rickey Henderson scores.6-3
BOT 7Brian L. Hunter 2-run double on a line drive to right fielder Ryan Christenson. Deivi Cruz scores. Paul Bako scores. Brian L. Hunter to 3rd. Fielding error by third baseman Ed Sprague.6-5

Season Series

DET LEADS 7-4

Box Score

OAK BATTING
PLAYER	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
1R. HendersonLF	4-5	1	0	0	.229
2B. RobertsCF	1-5	0	0	0	.265
↳ M. MacfarlaneC	1-1	1	0	2	.231
3J. Giambi1B	2-4	1	0	2	.284
4M. StairsDH	1-3	1	0	0	.315
↳ M. BlowersPH	1-3	0	0	0	.234
5B. GrieveRF	2-4	1	0	1	.289
↳ R. ChristensonCF	2-3	0	0	1	.242
6S. Spiezio2B	2-7	1	0	1	.269
7E. Sprague Jr.3B	1-6	0	0	0	.231
8M. TejadaSS	3-5	3	1	3	.241
9A. HinchC	0-4	0	0	0	.224
↳ J. McDonaldRF	1-1	1	0	0	.246

OAK PITCHING
PLAYER	IP	H	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
K. Rogers	6.0	8	4	1	7	96-59	3.12
T. Worrell	0.1	1	0	0	0	4-4	5.29
B. Groom	0.0	0	0	1	0	6-2	4.47
T. Mathews	2.2	2	1	1	4	45-28	4.91
B. Taylor(W, 4-9)	2.0	4	1	0	2	34-24	4.42

FULL BOX SCORE

Team Totals

OAK		DET
21	HITS	15
1	HOME RUNS	1
26	TOTAL BASES	20
8	WALKS	3
8	STRIKEOUTS	13
39	RUNNERS LOB	22

Win Probability

OAK 100.0%

OAKEVENDET

10050100

BOT 11 · OAK 10-8 DET · OAK 100.0%Trey Beamon strikes out swinging.

Scoring Summary

TOP 1Ben Grieve 1-run single on a fly ball to center fielder Brian L. Hunter. Jason Giambi scores. Matt Stairs to 3rd.1-0
TOP 1Scott Spiezio 1-run single on a line drive to left fielder Luis Gonzalez. Matt Stairs scores. Ben Grieve to 2nd.2-0
TOP 1Miguel Tejada 2-run double on a fly ball to center fielder Brian L. Hunter. Ben Grieve scores. Scott Spiezio scores. Ed Sprague to 3rd.4-0
BOT 2Deivi Cruz hits a home run (4). Gabe Alvarez scores. Luis Gonzalez scores.4-3
TOP 4Jason Giambi 1-run single on a line drive to right fielder Bobby Higginson. Miguel Tejada scores. Rickey Henderson to 3rd.5-3
TOP 6Jason Giambi 1-run single on a ground ball to right fielder Bobby Higginson. Rickey Henderson scores.6-3
BOT 7Brian L. Hunter 2-run double on a line drive to right fielder Ryan Christenson. Deivi Cruz scores. Paul Bako scores. Brian L. Hunter to 3rd. Fielding error by third baseman Ed Sprague.6-5

Season Series

DET LEADS 7-4

BOT 7Tony Clark 1-run sac fly to right fielder Ryan Christenson. Brian L. Hunter scores.6-6

BOT 8Paul Bako 1-run single on a fly ball to shortstop Miguel Tejada. Luis Gonzalez scores. Deivi Cruz to 2nd.6-7

TOP 9Miguel Tejada hits a home run (6).7-7

TOP 11Mike Macfarlane 2-run single on a line drive to right fielder Bobby Higginson. Miguel Tejada scores. Jason McDonald scores. Rickey Henderson out at 3rd on the throw, right fielder Bobby Higginson to first baseman Tony Clark to third baseman Joe Randa. Mike Macfarlane to 2nd.9-7

TOP 11Ryan Christenson 1-run single on a line drive to right fielder Bobby Higginson. Mike Macfarlane scores. Jason Giambi to 3rd. Mike Blowers to 2nd.10-7

BOT 11Tony Clark 1-run single on a ground ball to center fielder Ryan Christenson. Bobby Higginson scores.10-8

AL West Standings

AMERICAN LEAGUE

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Texas	88	74	.543	-	W1
Anaheim	85	77	.525	3.0	W1
Seattle	76	85	.472	11.5	L1
Oakland	74	88	.457	14.0	L1

FULL STANDINGS

AL Central Standings

AMERICAN LEAGUE

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	89	73	.549	-	L1
Chicago	80	82	.494	9.0	W3
Kansas City	72	89	.447	16.5	L3
Minnesota	70	92	.432	19.0	W1
Detroit	65	97	.401	24.0	L2

FULL STANDINGS

Oakland Athletics at Detroit Tigers, Aug 15, 1998