Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Detroit 14, Oakland 8
When: 7:05 PM ET, Monday, September 8, 2008
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Gerry Davis, 1B - Bruce Dreckman, 2B - Scott Barry, 3B - Mike Estabrook
Attendance: 37981
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Oakland 2010500008133
Detroit 36210011014121
Team Records
 
Team W/L Home Away Streak
Oakland 65-78 36-35 29-43 L1
Detroit 70-74 37-35 33-39 W3
Recap Quick Hits
  • With this win, the Detroit Tigers have a 37-35 record at home this season. The Oakland Athletics have a 29-43 record on the road.
  • Detroit has a streak of 3 straight up wins. The Tigers have won 5 of their last 10 games.
  • Oakland has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Athletics have won 4 of their last 10 games.
  • Casey Fossum pitched 2.2 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 5.02. Gio Gonzalez took the loss for Oakland.
  • Magglio Ordonez, Miguel Cabrera, Gary Sheffield (2), Mike Hessman hit homeruns for Detroit.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Oakland   Detroit
Gio Gonzalez Player Zach Miner
Loss W/L Loss
1.2 IP 4.1
1 Strikeouts 3
5 Hits 11
43.20 ERA 16.62
Hitting
Oakland   Detroit
Kurt Suzuki Player Magglio Ordonez
3 Hits 3
1 RBI 2
0 HR 1
3 TB 7
.600 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Oakland 13 0 16 .317 24 4 8 5 0 3
Detroit 12 5 33 .324 13 7 14 5 1 1