Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
August 28, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1986 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 4, Oakland Athletics 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Shelby cf 5 1 2 0
Lacy rf 5 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 2 1 1
Murray dh 3 0 0 0
Beniquez lf 4 0 2 1
Traber 1b 4 0 0 0
Dempsey c 3 1 1 1
Rayford 3b 4 0 1 0
Gutierrez 2b 4 0 0 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Aase p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 7 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 1 1 0
Lansford 1b,3b 5 0 0 0
Canseco lf 5 0 1 0
Kingman dh 5 2 3 2
Baker rf 3 1 1 0
Hill 2b 4 1 2 0
McGwire 3b 3 0 0 0
  Bochte ph,1b 1 0 1 2
Murphy cf 3 0 3 1
Tettleton c 3 0 1 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
  Willard c 0 0 0 0
Young p 0 0 0 0
  Leiper p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 13 5
Baltimore 201 100 000470
Oakland 000 000 1225133
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan   7.2 9 2 2 1 4
  Aase  L (5-5) 1.0 4 3 3 2 3
Totals
8.2
13
5
5
3
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Young   8.0 7 4 3 3 5
  Leiper  W (2-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
3
7

  E–Griffin (22), McGwire 2 (3).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Dempsey (14,off Young), Oakland Hill (16,off Flanagan).  HR–Baltimore Ripken (21,3rd inning off Young 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Kingman (30,9th inning off Aase 1 on, 2 out).  CS–Canseco (6,2nd base by Flanagan/Dempsey).  WP–Flanagan 2 (7), Young (5).  BK–Flanagan (1).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Mark Johnson, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:40.
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