Oakland Athletics vs California Angels
April 21, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1983 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 5, California Angels 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 1 1 0 0
Davis rf 4 0 3 3
Almon ss 3 0 0 1
Murphy cf 4 0 0 0
Gross 3b 4 0 1 0
Page dh 4 1 0 0
Hancock 1b 4 1 1 0
Kearney c 4 2 2 1
Phillips 2b 2 0 1 0
  Burroughs ph 1 0 0 0
  Lopes 2b 1 0 0 0
Keough p 0 0 0 0
  Conroy p 0 0 0 0
  Baker p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Carew 1b 5 0 3 1
Beniquez rf,lf 5 0 0 1
Lynn cf 5 1 2 1
Jackson dh 2 1 0 0
DeCinces 3b 4 1 1 0
Downing lf 3 1 1 1
  Clark rf 0 0 0 0
Grich 2b 4 1 3 1
Foli ss 2 0 1 0
  Adams ss 1 1 0 0
Ferguson c 3 0 0 1
  Sconiers ph 1 0 0 0
  Boone c 0 0 0 0
Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 11 6
Oakland 001 001 300583
California 000 006 00x6110
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Keough  L (0-3) 5.0 6 4 4 4 3
  Conroy   0.0 2 2 1 1 0
  Baker   2.1 2 0 0 2 3
  Burgmeier   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
6
5
7
6
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (3-0) 6.1 7 5 5 2 5
  Sanchez  SV (2) 2.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
3
5

  E–Davis (1), Almon (3), Kearney (1).  2B–Oakland Davis (5,off Sanchez).  HR–California Lynn (5,6th inning off Keough 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Almon (2,off Forsch).  IBB–Reggie Jackson (1,by Baker).  SB–Davis 2 (6,2nd base off Forsch/Ferguson 2); Henderson (3,3rd base off Forsch/Ferguson).  CS–Davis (4,2nd base by Forsch/Ferguson); Phillips (2,2nd base by Forsch/Ferguson).  IBB–Baker (1,Reggie Jackson).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–3:13.  A–29,400.
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