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
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
Team Records
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