Detroit Tigers 5 – 4 Athletics
23 August 1998 · OAK01
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | Tony Clark | 1 in 107 games |
| 17 | 2 home runs | Jason Giambi | 1 in 259 player-games |
| 14 | final score 5–4 | 1 in 23 games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Tigers | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| Athletics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
Box score
Detroit Tigers batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damion Easley | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Frank Catalanotto | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bobby Higginson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tony Clark | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Luis Gonzalez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Juan Encarnacion | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2B |
| Joe Randa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Paul Bako | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2B |
| Deivi Cruz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 32 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Detroit Tigers pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Greisinger | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| A.J. Sager | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sean Runyan | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Jones | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Athletics batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rickey Henderson | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Christenson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jason Giambi | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 HR |
| Matt Stairs | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Grieve | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Scott Spiezio | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Blowers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Miguel Tejada | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| A.J. Hinch | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 33 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Athletics pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Haynes | 8.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Billy Taylor | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |