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Oakland Athletics @ Detroit Tigers

1998-08-16 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 21808 · 79°F, sunny, dry · Wind 8 mph R to L · 2:19

Detroit Tigers defeated Oakland Athletics 6–4. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 3rd. Bryce Florie earned the win and Todd Jones picked up the save. Matt Stairs went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bryce Florie L: Mike Oquist SV: Todd Jones

Umpires — HP: Joe Brinkman · 1B: Tim Welke · 2B: Gary Cederstrom · 3B: Derryl Cousins · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rickey Henderson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ryan Christenson	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jason Giambi	4	1	2	0	0	1
Matt Stairs	4	1	1	3	0	1
Ben Grieve	3	0	0	0	1	3
Scott Spiezio	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ed Sprague	3	0	0	0	0	1
Miguel Tejada	3	0	0	0	0	1
A. J. Hinch	2	1	1	1	0	1
Jason McDonald	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bip Roberts	1	1	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brian Hunter	4	1	1	0	0	0
Frank Catalanotto	4	2	3	1	0	1
Bobby Higginson	4	0	2	2	0	1
Tony Clark	3	0	0	0	1	1
Luis Gonzalez	3	0	0	1	0	0
Geronimo Berroa	3	1	0	0	1	1
Joe Randa	3	1	1	2	0	0
Joe Siddall	3	0	0	0	0	0
Deivi Cruz	3	1	1	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Oquist	6.1	8	2	3
Mike Mohler	1.2	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bryce Florie	8.1	5	1	10
Sean Runyan	0.0	1	0	0
Todd Jones	0.2	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rickey Henderson: 63/G56
Ryan Christenson: 9/F9S
Jason Giambi: S8/L89M
Matt Stairs: 8/F8LD

Bot 1

Brian Hunter: 63/G56
Frank Catalanotto: T8/L8RXD
Bobby Higginson: S8/L8LS.3-H
Tony Clark: K
Luis Gonzalez: 8/F8LM

Top 2

Ben Grieve: K
Scott Spiezio: K
Ed Sprague: K

Bot 2

Geronimo Berroa: K
Joe Randa: 63/G56
Joe Siddall: 8/F8LM

Top 3

Miguel Tejada: 2/P2RF
A. J. Hinch: K
Rickey Henderson: 1/L13

Bot 3

Deivi Cruz: S8/L8RS
Brian Hunter: 5/L5
Frank Catalanotto: S9/L89S.1-2
Bobby Higginson: S3/G34D.2-H;1-3
Tony Clark: W.1-2
Luis Gonzalez: 7/SF/F7M.3-H
Geronimo Berroa: 53/G6S

Top 4

Ryan Christenson: 53/G56S
Jason Giambi: K
Matt Stairs: 8/F8RM

Bot 4

Joe Randa: 63/G56
Joe Siddall: 6/P5D
Deivi Cruz: 9/F9S

Top 5

Ben Grieve: W
Scott Spiezio: S4/G34D.1-2
Ed Sprague: 64(1)/FO/G56.2-3
Miguel Tejada: 164(1)3/GDP/G56

Bot 5

Brian Hunter: 9/F9LS
Frank Catalanotto: K
Bobby Higginson: 4/P9S

Top 6

A. J. Hinch: HR/F7LD
Rickey Henderson: 9/F9S
Ryan Christenson: K
Jason Giambi: 9/F89XD

Bot 6

Tony Clark: 5/P5SF
Luis Gonzalez: 4/P34D
Geronimo Berroa: W
Joe Randa: HR/L7D.1-H
Joe Siddall: 63/G6

Top 7

Matt Stairs: K
Ben Grieve: K
Scott Spiezio: 2/P2RF

Bot 7

Deivi Cruz: 6/P56
Brian Hunter: D7/G5.B-3(E7)
Frank Catalanotto: S8/G6MD.3-H
Bobby Higginson: K
Tony Clark: CS2(24)

Top 8

Ed Sprague: 5/L5
Miguel Tejada: K
Jason McDonald: 8/F8LM

Bot 8

Tony Clark: 43/G4
Luis Gonzalez: 7/F7S
Geronimo Berroa: 9/L9S

Top 9

Rickey Henderson: K
Bip Roberts: S8/G6MD
Jason Giambi: S9/L9S.1-3(E9)
Matt Stairs: HR/L9D.3-H;1-H
Ben Grieve: K
Scott Spiezio: 43/G4S