Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
July 21, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1983 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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

Baltimore Orioles 7, Oakland Athletics 9

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Ford rf 5 1 2 3
Sakata 2b 5 0 2 1
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 0 1 0
Murray 1b 4 1 1 1
Roenicke cf,lf 4 1 1 0
Singleton dh 2 0 1 0
  Bumbry pr,dh 1 1 0 0
Ayala lf 1 1 0 0
  Dwyer ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Shelby ph,cf 2 0 1 1
Cruz 3b 2 1 1 0
  Lowenstein ph 0 0 0 0
  Nolan c 1 0 0 0
Dempsey c 3 1 1 0
  Dauer ph,3b 0 0 0 1
Mirabella p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Morogiello p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 11 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 2 1 0
Peters rf 4 1 3 3
Lopes 2b 4 1 1 1
Burroughs dh 5 1 1 2
Almon 3b 4 0 1 0
  Gross 3b 0 0 0 0
Murphy cf 3 1 1 1
Heath c 3 1 1 0
Hancock 1b 4 1 2 0
Phillips ss 2 1 0 1
Heimueller p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Beard p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 9 11 8
Baltimore 000 040 3007110
Oakland 210 004 02x9112
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Mirabella   2.2 4 3 3 3 0
  Martinez   3.0 3 4 4 2 1
  Stewart   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Morogiello  L (0-1) 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Stoddard   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
9
9
6
2
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Heimueller   4.0 5 4 4 4 0
  Atherton   2.1 4 2 2 2 1
  Underwood   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Beard  W (3-3) 1.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Burgmeier  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
7
3

  E–Almon (16), Phillips (24).  DP–Baltimore 1, Oakland 2.  2B–Baltimore Ripken (24,off Heimueller); Ford (19,off Heimueller); Sakata (5,off Atherton); Roenicke (10,off Atherton); Shelby (12,off Underwood), Oakland Almon (20,off Stewart).  3B–Oakland Henderson (4,off Morogiello).  HR–Baltimore Murray (18,7th inning off Atherton 0 on, 1 out), Oakland Burroughs (7,1st inning off Mirabella 1 on, 2 out); Murphy (7,6th inning off D Martinez 0 on, 1 out); Lopes (13,8th inning off Stoddard 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Dauer (1,by Beard).  IBB–Lowenstein (1,by Beard); Heath (1,by Morogiello).  SH–Phillips (5,off Mirabella).  SF–Peters (4,off Stoddard).  CS–Singleton (1,2nd base by Heimueller/Heath).  WP–Stewart (6).  HBP–Beard (2,Dauer).  IBB–Morogiello (3,Heath); Beard (3,Lowenstein).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–3:01.  A–9,326.
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