New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics
June 15, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1980 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The New York Yankees defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Yankees 8, Oakland Athletics 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 3 1 1 0
Lefebvre rf 4 1 0 0
Watson 1b 4 3 2 2
Jackson dh 4 2 3 3
Nettles 3b 4 0 1 2
Murcer lf 0 0 0 0
  Piniella ph,lf 3 0 0 1
Brown cf 4 0 1 0
Cerone c 4 0 1 0
Stanley ss 4 1 1 0
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 10 8
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 0 0 0
Murphy cf 4 0 1 0
Page dh 4 0 0 0
Revering 1b 4 1 2 0
Gross 3b 4 0 0 0
Armas rf 4 1 1 2
Heath c 1 0 0 0
  Newman c 2 0 0 0
Guerrero ss 2 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
  Klutts ss 0 0 0 0
McKay 2b 2 0 0 0
  Essian ph 1 0 0 0
  Picciolo 2b 0 0 0 0
McCatty p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 4 2
New York 201 400 0018101
Oakland 000 020 000240
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant  W (5-3) 9.0 4 2 2 1 9
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
1
9
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McCatty  L (6-6) 2.0 4 3 3 4 1
  Lacey   1.1 4 4 4 3 0
  Jones   5.2 2 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
10
8
8
7
4

  E–Stanley (3).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–New York Watson (8,off McCatty), Oakland Revering (11,off Tiant).  HR–New York Jackson 2 (15,1st inning off McCatty 1 on, 2 out,9th inning off Jones 0 on, 1 out), Oakland Armas (11,5th inning off Tiant 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Piniella (3,off Jones).  U–Dave Phillips, Steve Palermo, Al Clark.  T–2:38.  A–47,186.
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