Oakland Athletics vs New York Yankees
August 23, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1983 at Yankee Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 9, New York Yankees 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 3 3 0
Davis rf 5 0 0 0
Heath c 4 2 1 1
Hancock dh 1 0 0 0
  Burroughs ph,dh 2 1 1 3
Lansford 3b 5 3 3 1
Murphy cf 3 0 2 2
Hill ss 3 0 1 1
Gross 1b 1 0 0 0
  Almon ph,1b 2 0 1 1
Phillips 2b 4 0 0 0
Warren p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 12 9
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 4 0 0 0
Griffey 1b 4 0 1 1
Winfield cf 4 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0
Gamble rf 3 0 0 0
  Piniella ph 1 0 0 0
Baylor dh 4 0 0 0
Wynegar c 3 1 1 0
Mattingly lf 3 1 1 1
Smalley ss 2 1 2 1
Keough p 0 0 0 0
  Shirley p 0 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 3
Oakland 100 230 0129121
New York 000 001 200353
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Warren  W (1-2) 6.2 4 3 3 2 3
  Burgmeier   2.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
2
4
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Keough  L (4-7) 0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Shirley   4.0 5 4 3 1 4
  Murray   3.0 4 2 2 1 1
  Frazier   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
9
8
3
5

  E–Heath (6), Randolph 2 (10), Wynegar (7).  DP–New York 1.  2B–Oakland Hill (4,off Shirley), New York Smalley (14,off Warren); Mattingly (12,off Warren).  3B–Oakland Lansford (2,off Murray); Murphy (2,off Murray).  HR–Oakland Burroughs (9,9th inning off LaRoche 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Hancock (2,off Shirley); Hill (4,off Murray).  SF–Burroughs (6,off Murray); Almon (11,off Frazier).  IBB–Heath (4,by Shirley).  SB–Henderson 4 (87,2nd base off Keough/Wynegar,2nd base off Shirley/Wynegar,2nd base off LaRoche/Wynegar,3rd base off LaRoche/Wynegar).  CS–Henderson (13,2nd base by Shirley/Wynegar); Davis (14,2nd base by Shirley/Wynegar).  IBB–Shirley (2,Heath).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Mark Johnson, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:55.  A–27,475.
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