Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Oakland 5, Detroit 2
When: 1:05 PM ET, Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 77°
Umpires: Home - Scott Barry, 1B - Mike Estabrook, 2B - Gerry Davis, 3B - Bruce Dreckman
Attendance: 37194
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Oakland 200300000580
Detroit 000002000250
Team Records
 
Team W/L Home Away Streak
Oakland 67-78 36-35 31-43 W2
Detroit 70-76 37-37 33-39 L2
Recap Quick Hits
  • With this loss, the Detroit Tigers have a 37-37 record at home this season. The Oakland Athletics have a 31-43 record on the road.
  • Detroit has a streak of 2 straight up losses. The Tigers have won 4 of their last 10 games.
  • Oakland has a streak of 2 straight up wins. The Athletics have won 5 of their last 10 games.
  • Huston Street pitched 1.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 3.92. Brad Ziegler closed out the game to get the save and has 8 saves for the season. Armando Galarraga took the loss for Detroit.
  • Ryan Sweeney, Jack Cust hit homeruns for Oakland.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Oakland   Detroit
Sean Gallagher Player Armando Galarraga
Loss W/L Loss
4.0 IP 4.0
6 Strikeouts 4
0 Hits 8
0.00 ERA 11.25
Hitting
Oakland   Detroit
Ryan Sweeney Player Mike Hessman
2 Hits 1
1 RBI 0
1 HR 0
5 TB 1
.667 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Oakland 8 2 15 .235 11 12 5 3 0 0
Detroit 5 0 5 .167 19 10 2 8 0 0