California Angels vs Oakland Athletics
July 31, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1984 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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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California Angels 7, Oakland Athletics 3

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Beniquez rf,lf 5 1 1 0
Sconiers 1b 5 1 1 0
Lynn cf,rf 5 2 4 2
DeCinces 3b 5 0 0 0
Jackson dh 4 1 1 2
Downing lf 4 1 3 1
  Pettis cf 1 0 0 0
Wilfong 2b 5 0 3 2
Boone c 4 0 0 0
Schofield ss 3 1 1 0
Romanick p 0 0 0 0
  Kison p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 14 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips ss 4 0 0 0
Davis rf 4 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 3 1 2 1
Kingman dh 3 0 0 0
Murphy cf 3 1 0 0
Bochte 1b 4 0 1 0
Almon lf 2 0 0 1
  Tettleton ph 1 0 0 0
Heath c 3 1 2 1
Wagner 3b 2 0 0 0
  Hill ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Sorensen p 0 0 0 0
  Rainey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 3
California 000 310 2107140
Oakland 110 000 100361
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Romanick  W (10-9) 7.0 5 3 3 3 2
  Kison   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
3
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Sorensen  L (3-11) 6.2 12 6 6 2 5
  Rainey   2.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
7
7
2
5

  E–Heath (7).  DP–California 2.  2B–California Lynn (18,off Sorensen).  HR–California Reggie Jackson (16,4th inning off Sorensen 1 on, 1 out); Downing (13,4th inning off Sorensen 0 on, 1 out), Oakland Morgan (6,1st inning off Romanick 0 on, 2 out); Heath (8,7th inning off Romanick 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Reggie Jackson (4,by Sorensen).  SF–Almon (2,off Romanick).  WP–Sorensen (3).  BK–Sorensen (4).  IBB–Sorensen (4,Reggie Jackson).  T–2:34.  A–16,079.
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