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

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

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Oakland Athletics 5, Toronto Blue Jays 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 2b 2 0 1 1
Griffin ss 5 1 0 0
Canseco lf 5 1 3 2
Kingman dh 3 1 2 0
  Javier pr,dh 0 1 0 0
  Bochte ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Lansford 1b 5 0 2 0
Baker rf 4 0 2 0
  Murphy pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Davis cf,rf 3 0 1 2
Hill 3b 4 1 2 0
Tettleton c 3 0 2 0
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Von Ohlen p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Leiper p 0 0 0 0
  Ontiveros p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 16 5
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 4 1 1 0
Mulliniks 3b 3 0 0 0
  Iorg ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Moseby cf 3 1 0 0
Bell dh 4 0 2 2
Barfield rf 3 0 1 0
Upshaw 1b 3 0 0 0
Leach lf 3 0 1 0
  Shepherd pr,lf 1 1 1 1
Garcia 2b 4 0 0 0
Martinez c 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Whitt c 1 0 0 0
Key p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Clarke p 0 0 0 0
  Stieb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Oakland 001 001 0125160
Toronto 100 000 011360
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  W (2-0) 7.0 4 2 2 3 7
  Von Ohlen   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Bair   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Leiper   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Ontiveros  SV (8) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
4
8
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Key  L (8-6) 7.0 9 2 2 2 4
  Lamp   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Clarke   1.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Stieb   0.1 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
5
5
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 3.  2B–Oakland Phillips (10,off Key); Hill (9,off Key); Bochte (9,off Stieb), Toronto Bell (20,off Stewart); Barfield (22,off Stewart); Leach (8,off Stewart).  3B–Toronto Bell (5,off Bair).  HR–Oakland Canseco (22,9th inning off Stieb 1 on, 2 out), Toronto Shepherd (1,9th inning off Ontiveros 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Tettleton (2,off Key); Phillips (8,off Key).  SF–Phillips (1,off Key).  HBP–Davis (1,by Key).  SB–Javier (6,2nd base off Lamp/Whitt); Davis (12,3rd base off Clarke/Whitt).  HBP–Key (2,Davis).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Dale Scott, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–3:12.  A–35,470.
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