California Angels vs Oakland Athletics
April 12, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1986 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."

"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

California Angels 9, Oakland Athletics 3

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 5 1 1 0
Wilfong 2b 5 1 2 0
Joyner 1b 4 0 0 0
Jackson dh 1 3 1 2
Downing lf 3 2 2 0
  Miller lf 0 0 0 0
Jones rf 3 0 0 2
DeCinces 3b 5 0 1 2
Burleson ss 4 1 2 1
Boone c 4 1 1 1
McCaskill p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 10 8
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 2b 3 1 0 0
Bochte 1b 3 1 1 1
Murphy cf 4 0 1 0
Kingman dh 4 0 1 1
Davis rf 4 0 1 0
Lansford 3b 3 0 2 1
Canseco lf 4 0 0 0
Griffin ss 3 0 0 0
Tettleton c 2 1 0 0
  Bathe c 0 0 0 0
Andujar p 0 0 0 0
  Krueger p 0 0 0 0
  Birtsas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 3
California 211 120 2009100
Oakland 210 000 000361
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
McCaskill  W (1-0) 8.0 6 3 3 5 5
  Moore   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
5
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  L (0-1) 4.0 7 7 6 3 1
  Krueger   4.0 3 2 2 2 2
  Birtsas   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
9
8
6
4

  E–Tettleton (2).  DP–California 1.  PB–Tettleton (1).  2B–Oakland Davis (2,off McCaskill).  3B–California Wilfong (1,off Krueger); DeCinces (1,off Krueger).  HR–California Boone (1,4th inning off Andujar 0 on, 0 out); Jackson (3,5th inning off Andujar 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Jones (1,off Krueger).  SF–Jackson (1,off Andujar); Jones (1,off Andujar).  SB–Pettis (2,2nd base off Andujar/Tettleton).  CS–Griffin (1,2nd base by McCaskill/Boone).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:12.  A–35,454.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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