New York Yankees vs California Angels
September 7, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1986 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 2, California Angels 7

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Tolleson ss 3 0 0 0
Pagliarulo 3b 4 0 1 0
Mattingly 1b 3 0 1 0
Easler dh 4 0 1 0
Winfield rf 1 0 0 0
  Roenicke rf 3 0 0 0
Kittle lf 4 1 2 0
Cotto cf 4 1 1 0
Skinner c 4 0 2 0
Little 2b 3 0 0 0
  Lombardi ph 1 0 0 0
Rasmussen p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
  Nielsen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 0
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 5 1 2 2
Schofield ss 3 2 1 0
Downing lf 4 1 2 3
  White lf 0 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 5 0 1 1
Grich 1b 4 0 2 0
Hendrick rf 3 1 1 1
  Howell ph 0 0 0 0
  Miller rf 0 0 0 0
Burleson dh 3 0 1 0
  Ryal ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Boone c 4 1 1 0
Polidor 2b 4 1 2 0
Sutton p 0 0 0 0
  Lucas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 13 7
New York 020 000 000280
California 200 410 00x7131
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Rasmussen  L (14-5) 3.1 9 6 6 2 2
  Stoddard   2.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Nielsen   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
13
7
7
4
2
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  W (14-9) 6.0 6 2 0 2 3
  Lucas  SV (2) 3.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
0
2
3

  E–Downing (3).  DP–New York 1, California 1.  2B–California Polidor (1,off Rasmussen); Pettis (18,off Rasmussen); Burleson (13,off Stoddard); Grich (15,off Nielsen).  HR–California Downing (17,1st inning off Rasmussen 1 on, 1 out); Hendrick (13,5th inning off Stoddard 0 on, 0 out).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Mark Johnson, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–2:37.  A–35,480.
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