Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics
May 12, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1986 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 5, Oakland Athletics 3

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Garcia 2b 4 1 1 0
Moseby cf 4 3 3 1
Mulliniks 3b 4 0 2 1
  Iorg 3b 1 0 0 0
Upshaw 1b 4 0 2 1
Bell lf 5 0 0 1
Barfield rf 5 1 1 1
Johnson dh 4 0 1 0
  Gruber pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Whitt c 2 0 0 0
Fernandez ss 2 0 0 0
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 2b 5 1 2 2
Bochte 1b 2 0 0 1
Canseco rf 4 0 2 0
Kingman dh 4 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 3 0 1 0
Baker lf 4 0 1 0
Davis cf 2 1 0 0
Griffin ss 4 1 1 0
Bathe c 3 0 1 0
  Hill ph 1 0 0 0
Andujar p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
Toronto 101 011 1005101
Oakland 000 020 100381
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy  W (3-2) 6.2 8 3 3 3 3
  Eichhorn  SV (2) 2.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  L (4-2) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Plunk   5.1 6 4 3 4 3
  Atherton   2.2 2 0 0 3 2
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
7
5

  E–Bell (3), Griffin (7).  DP–Toronto 3, Oakland 1.  2B–Toronto Moseby (3,off Andujar); Mulliniks (5,off Andujar); Garcia (2,off Plunk); C Johnson (5,off Atherton).  HR–Toronto Barfield (8,6th inning off Plunk 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Phillips (1,7th inning off Clancy 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Bochte (1,off Clancy).  SB–Upshaw (8,2nd base off Atherton/Bathe).  CS–Gruber (2,Home by Atherton/Bathe).  WP–Clancy (2).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–3:20.  A–20,126.
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