Oakland Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles
May 17, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1986 at Memorial Stadium. 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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Oakland Athletics 2, Baltimore Orioles 8

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 3b 5 1 3 0
Hill 2b 5 0 0 0
Canseco rf 2 1 2 1
Kingman dh 3 0 1 0
Lansford 1b 4 0 1 1
Baker lf 4 0 0 0
Davis cf 3 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
Griffin ss 4 0 1 0
Bathe c 4 0 0 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
  Dozier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins 2b 3 2 1 0
  Hudler 2b 1 0 0 0
Lacy rf 2 1 2 2
Lynn cf 3 1 1 0
Murray 1b 3 1 1 4
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 1 1 0
Sheets dh 4 1 1 1
Beniquez 3b 4 0 0 0
Young lf 2 0 0 0
  Shelby lf 0 0 0 0
Dempsey c 4 1 1 0
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 8 8 7
Oakland 100 000 010280
Baltimore 040 010 30x881
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  L (1-4) 1.2 4 4 4 3 1
  Plunk   4.1 1 1 1 2 2
  Atherton   1.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Dozier   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
8
8
6
4
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor  W (3-3) 9.0 8 2 2 3 6
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
3
6

  E–Beniquez (2).  DP–Oakland 1, Baltimore 1.  2B–Oakland Canseco (6,off McGregor), Baltimore Ripken (8,off Langford).  HR–Baltimore Murray (6,7th inning off Atherton 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Murray (1,off Plunk).  SB–Wiggins 2 (11,2nd base off Plunk/Bathe,3rd base off Plunk/Bathe); Lacy (2,2nd base off Plunk/Bathe).  WP–Plunk (1), McGregor (1).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:50.  A–28,541.
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