Oakland Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
September 14, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 1986 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Oakland Athletics 2, Cleveland Indians 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Hill 2b 4 0 2 1
Murphy cf 4 0 1 0
Canseco lf 4 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 4 1 1 0
Lansford 3b 4 0 1 0
Baker dh 3 0 0 0
  Sakata pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Davis rf 3 0 1 0
Willard c 3 0 0 1
  Javier pr 0 0 0 0
Griffin ss 3 1 1 0
  Kingman ph 1 0 0 0
Rijo p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bernazard 2b 3 1 2 4
Butler cf 5 0 1 0
Franco ss 5 0 2 0
Carter 1b 4 0 0 0
Hall lf 4 1 1 0
  Nixon lf 0 0 0 0
Snyder rf 3 1 2 1
Clark dh 3 1 1 0
Jacoby 3b 2 1 0 0
Allanson c 3 0 0 0
Schrom p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 5
Oakland 000 000 011271
Cleveland 121 000 01x591
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Rijo  L (7-11) 6.0 7 4 2 3 4
  Bair   2.0 2 1 1 2 2
Totals
8.0
9
5
3
5
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Schrom  W (13-7) 8.1 7 2 2 2 1
  Jones  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
1

  E–Hill (6), Allanson (20).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Hall (22,off Rijo).  3B–Cleveland Butler (12,off Bair).  HR–Cleveland Bernazard (15,1st inning off Rijo 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Allanson (9,off Bair).  SF–Bernazard (7,off Bair).  SB–Griffin (29,2nd base off Schrom/Allanson); Franco (8,2nd base off Bair/Willard).  WP–Rijo (6), Bair (2).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:55.  A–9,054.
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