Oakland Athletics vs New York Yankees
September 5, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1985 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 3, New York Yankees 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 5 0 1 0
Davis rf 5 1 1 0
Bochte 1b 3 0 1 0
Kingman dh 4 0 0 0
Baker lf 3 1 0 0
Murphy cf 4 1 1 3
Phillips 3b,2b 4 0 2 0
Tettleton c 2 0 0 0
  Heath ph,c 1 0 0 0
Gallego 2b 1 0 1 0
  Collins ph 1 0 1 0
  Kiefer 3b 0 0 0 0
  Picciolo ph 1 0 0 0
Birtsas p 0 0 0 0
  Mura p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
  Young p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Henderson cf 4 1 1 0
Mattingly 1b 2 2 0 0
Winfield rf 2 1 0 0
Baylor dh 4 1 1 3
Sample lf 1 0 0 0
  Pasqua ph,lf 2 0 1 2
Robertson 3b 1 0 0 0
  Pagliarulo ph,3b 3 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 4 2 4 2
Wynegar c 3 0 0 0
Meacham ss 3 0 0 0
Whitson p 0 0 0 0
  Righetti p 0 0 0 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 7 7 7
Oakland 000 003 000381
New York 300 001 21x771
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Birtsas   1.0 2 3 3 4 0
  Mura   4.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Atherton  L (4-7) 1.2 2 3 3 2 1
  Young   1.1 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
8.0
7
7
7
8
5
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Whitson  W (9-7) 6.0 7 3 3 3 7
  Righetti   2.0 1 0 0 1 4
  Fisher   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
12

  E–Bochte (7), Meacham (19).  DP–Oakland 2, New York 1.  2B–Oakland Bochte (15,off Whitson); Gallego (1,off Whitson), New York Randolph (18,off Mura).  HR–Oakland Murphy (19,6th inning off Whitson 2 on, 2 out), New York Baylor (21,1st inning off Birtsas 2 on, 1 out); Randolph 2 (5,6th inning off Atherton 0 on, 2 out,8th inning off Young 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Meacham (19,off Mura).  IBB–Mattingly 2 (10,by Mura,by Atherton); Winfield (8,by Atherton).  CS–Tettleton (1,2nd base by Whitson/Wynegar).  SB–Henderson (61,2nd base off Atherton/Tettleton).  WP–Atherton (2).  IBB–Mura (4,Mattingly); Atherton 2 (9,Mattingly,Winfield).  T–2:56.  A–20,594.
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