Oakland Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays
July 11, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 11, 1986 at Exhibition Stadium. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 5, Toronto Blue Jays 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 2b 4 0 1 0
Murphy cf 5 0 1 0
Canseco lf 5 0 3 0
Bochte 1b 4 1 1 0
Kingman dh 4 1 1 1
Davis rf 4 3 3 2
Hill 3b 4 0 1 1
Tettleton c 3 0 0 1
  Javier pr 0 0 0 0
  Willard c 0 0 0 0
Griffin ss 4 0 0 0
Rijo p 0 0 0 0
  Leiper p 0 0 0 0
  Ontiveros p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 5
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 4 0 1 0
Mulliniks 3b 3 1 1 0
Moseby cf 4 0 0 0
Bell dh 4 2 3 0
Barfield rf 3 1 2 1
Upshaw 1b 3 0 1 2
Whitt c 3 1 0 0
  Martinez ph,c 1 0 0 0
Leach lf 2 0 0 1
Garcia 2b 3 1 1 2
  Iorg 2b 0 0 0 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 9 6
Oakland 030 001 0105111
Toronto 042 000 00x690
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Rijo  L (3-8) 7.0 9 6 3 1 6
  Leiper   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Ontiveros   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
3
1
6
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   4.1 8 3 3 1 2
  Eichhorn  W (7-3) 3.2 3 2 2 1 6
  Henke  SV (14) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
2
10

  E–Bochte (4).  DP–Oakland 1, Toronto 1.  2B–Oakland Kingman (8,off J Johnson), Toronto Bell 2 (19,off Rijo 2); Upshaw (15,off Rijo).  HR–Oakland Davis 2 (11,6th inning off Eichhorn 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Eichhorn 0 on, 1 out), Toronto Garcia (3,2nd inning off Rijo 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Upshaw (2,off Leiper).  SF–Leach (4,off Rijo).  HBP–Barfield (7,by Leiper).  SB–Fernandez (15,2nd base off Rijo/Tettleton).  CS–Fernandez (9,3rd base by Rijo/Tettleton).  WP–Eichhorn (2).  HBP–Leiper (2,Barfield).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–2:49.  A–30,370.
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