Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
September 21, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1986 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Cleveland Indians 2, Oakland Athletics 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 0 2 1
Franco 2b 3 0 0 0
Carter rf 4 0 0 0
Hall lf 4 0 1 0
Snyder ss 4 1 1 0
Tabler 1b 4 0 2 0
Jacoby 3b 4 0 0 0
Castillo dh 1 0 1 0
  Clark pr,dh 2 1 1 1
Bando c 3 0 0 0
  Thornton ph 1 0 0 0
Candiotti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 2 2 0
Murphy cf 3 0 0 0
Lansford 3b,1b 4 1 2 2
Bochte 1b 2 0 0 0
  Javier pr 0 0 0 0
  Sakata 2b 0 0 0 0
Kingman dh 3 1 1 2
Canseco lf 3 0 0 0
Davis rf 4 0 2 0
Hill 2b 3 0 1 0
  Gallego 2b,3b 1 0 0 0
Willard c 2 0 0 0
Andujar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 8 4
Cleveland 001 000 001283
Oakland 102 000 01x481
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Candiotti  L (14-12) 8.0 8 4 2 4 3
Totals
8.0
8
4
2
4
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  W (11-6) 9.0 8 2 2 1 6
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
6

  E–Franco (18), Tabler (10), Jacoby (21), Willard (3).  PB–Bando (8).  2B–Cleveland Castillo (9,off Andujar), Oakland Griffin (22,off Candiotti).  HR–Oakland Kingman (33,8th inning off Candiotti 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Clark (1,off Andujar); Kingman (7,off Candiotti).  SH–Murphy (7,off Candiotti).  SB–Griffin (33,2nd base off Candiotti/Bando); Lansford (13,3rd base off Candiotti/Bando).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:35.  A–13,159.
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