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Detroit Tigers @ Oakland Athletics

1996-04-06 · Day game · Cashman Field · Att: 10424 · 78°F, sunny, dry · 3:03

Detroit Tigers defeated Oakland Athletics 6–1. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 5th. Felipe Lira earned the win. Melvin Nieves went 4-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	6	12
OAK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5

W: Felipe Lira L: Carlos Reyes SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jim McKean · 1B: Ted Hendry · 2B: John Hirschbeck · 3B: Jim Joyce · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chad Curtis	3	0	0	0	2	0
Bobby Higginson	4	1	1	1	1	0
Travis Fryman	5	0	1	0	0	1
Cecil Fielder	5	2	1	1	0	1
Melvin Nieves	5	3	4	2	0	1
Eddie Williams	5	0	1	1	0	1
Mark Lewis	4	0	2	0	0	1
John Flaherty	3	0	1	1	1	0
Chris Gomez	3	0	1	0	1	1

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Allen Battle	5	0	1	0	0	0
Brent Gates	4	1	0	0	1	2
Jason Giambi	5	0	0	0	0	0
Geronimo Berroa	4	0	1	1	0	0
Matt Stairs	4	0	1	0	0	1
Pedro Munoz	3	0	0	0	1	0
Scott Brosius	3	0	1	0	1	0
George Williams	3	0	1	0	1	0
Mike Bordick	1	0	0	0	3	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Felipe Lira	6.1	4	3	2
Randy Veres	1.2	1	2	0
Richie Lewis	1.0	0	2	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carlos Reyes	5.0	8	2	4
Steve Montgomery	2.0	3	1	1
Aaron Small	1.0	0	1	0
Mike Mohler	1.0	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Chad Curtis: W
Bobby Higginson: 43/G4.1-2
Travis Fryman: 7/F78S/R5
Cecil Fielder: 7/F7M

Bot 1

Allen Battle: 53/G5S
Brent Gates: 43/G34
Jason Giambi: 8/F78D

Top 2

Melvin Nieves: D9/L9LS/R46
Eddie Williams: 8/F78XD/R6.2-3
Mark Lewis: K
John Flaherty: S7/F7D/R4.3-H
Chris Gomez: S7/L7M/R64.1-2
Chad Curtis: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 2

Geronimo Berroa: 6/L6
Matt Stairs: K
Pedro Munoz: 9/F9LD

Top 3

Bobby Higginson: 7/F7S
Travis Fryman: 53/G5
Cecil Fielder: K

Bot 3

Scott Brosius: S1/BG25/R3
George Williams: W.1-2
Mike Bordick: W.2-3;1-2
Allen Battle: 52(3)/FO/G5S.2-3;1-2
Brent Gates: 5/P5F
Jason Giambi: 43/G4

Top 4

Melvin Nieves: HR/F89XD
Eddie Williams: 7/F7LM
Mark Lewis: S8/L8LS/R6
John Flaherty: CS2(24)
John Flaherty: W
Chris Gomez: K

Bot 4

Geronimo Berroa: 53/G5L
Matt Stairs: S8/G6M/R64
Pedro Munoz: 6/L6
Scott Brosius: 7/F7LD

Top 5

Chad Curtis: 53/G56
Bobby Higginson: HR/F89D
Travis Fryman: S7/L7LM.BX2(74)
Cecil Fielder: HR/F7D
Melvin Nieves: K

Bot 5

George Williams: 6/P5DF
Mike Bordick: 9/F9LM
Allen Battle: D8/F8RD/R46
Brent Gates: K

Top 6

Eddie Williams: 2/P2LF
Mark Lewis: S8/L8LS/R64
John Flaherty: 54(1)/FO/G5L
Chris Gomez: 8/F78D

Bot 6

Jason Giambi: E6/TH/G6
Geronimo Berroa: 8/F8LM
Matt Stairs: 1/L13+/LDP.1X1(13)

Top 7

Chad Curtis: W
Bobby Higginson: SB2
Bobby Higginson: 8/F8RD/R5.2-3
Travis Fryman: K
Cecil Fielder: 8/F8RM

Bot 7

Pedro Munoz: W
Scott Brosius: 3/P2RF
George Williams: D8/F8RXD/R4.1-3
Mike Bordick: W
Allen Battle: 64(1)3/GDP/G6M

Top 8

Melvin Nieves: D7/F78XD/R6
Eddie Williams: D68/G6/R4.2-H
Mark Lewis: 9/F89D/R6
John Flaherty: 43/G4MS.2-3
Chris Gomez: W
Chad Curtis: 63/G6

Bot 8

Brent Gates: W
Jason Giambi: 8/F8LXD/R6.1-2
Geronimo Berroa: D7/L7LM/R6.2-H
Matt Stairs: 7/F78S
Pedro Munoz: 63/G6

Top 9

Bobby Higginson: W
Travis Fryman: 7/F78S
Cecil Fielder: OA.1X2(24)
Cecil Fielder: E4/G6M
Melvin Nieves: T7/F7D.1-H(UR)
Eddie Williams: K

Bot 9

Scott Brosius: W
George Williams: 46(1)/FO/G4
Mike Bordick: W.1-2
Allen Battle: E9/F9S/R1.2-3;1-2
Brent Gates: K
Jason Giambi: 5/P5SF