Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
May 23, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1984 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 9, Oakland Athletics 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 3 0 1 0
  Roenicke ph,rf 2 0 0 1
Dwyer rf 1 1 0 0
  Rayford ph,c 1 0 0 1
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 1 1 0
Murray dh 3 2 2 1
Lowenstein 1b 5 0 1 0
  Cruz pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Gross 3b,1b 4 2 1 1
Young lf 3 1 1 2
Sanchez c 3 0 1 0
  Shelby pr,cf 2 1 1 2
Dauer 2b 4 0 1 1
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
  Swaggerty p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 10 9
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 1 0 0 0
  Almon lf 2 1 1 0
  Davis ph,rf 1 0 0 0
  Essian ph 1 0 0 0
Murphy cf 4 1 2 2
Lopes rf,2b 4 0 1 0
Kingman dh 5 1 1 1
Lansford 3b 4 1 1 0
Heath c 3 0 2 1
Bochte 1b 4 0 1 0
Wagner 2b 1 0 0 0
  Hancock ph,rf,lf 1 0 0 0
  Burroughs ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Phillips ss 4 1 1 1
Warren p 0 0 0 0
  Codiroli p 0 0 0 0
  Conroy p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
  Sorensen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
Baltimore 000 312 0039100
Oakland 002 100 1105101
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor   4.1 6 3 3 2 0
  Swaggerty  W (1-0) 3.0 3 2 2 1 1
  Martinez  SV (7) 1.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
2
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Warren  L (3-6) 4.0 5 4 4 4 2
  Codiroli   1.0 1 2 2 2 1
  Conroy   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Atherton   3.0 2 2 2 1 3
  Caudill   0.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Sorensen   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
9
9
9
6

  E–Davis (1).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Ripken (11,off Warren).  3B–Oakland Heath (1,off McGregor).  HR–Oakland Murphy (7,3rd inning off McGregor 1 on, 1 out); Phillips (1,7th inning off Swaggerty 0 on, 0 out); Kingman (13,8th inning off Swaggerty 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Murray (4,off Codiroli); Rayford (1,off Conroy).  IBB–Murray (9,by Atherton).  HBP–Murphy (1,by McGregor).  SB–Wagner (1,2nd base off McGregor/Sanchez).  CS–Heath (1,Home by McGregor/Sanchez).  WP–T Martinez 2 (4), Caudill (1).  HBP–McGregor (1,Murphy).  IBB–Atherton (3,Murray).  T–3:12.  A–10,675.
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