Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
May 22, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 1987 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 10, Oakland Athletics 6

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Lacy rf 5 1 2 0
Dwyer dh 3 1 2 1
  Young ph,dh 2 0 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 1 1 1
Murray 1b 5 2 2 3
Lynn cf 4 2 1 1
Knight 3b 4 1 1 1
  Gonzales pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Kennedy c 5 0 3 2
Sheets lf 4 1 1 0
Burleson 2b 2 0 0 1
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
  Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
  Dixon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 10 14 10
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 0 1 0
Lansford 3b 5 1 1 0
Canseco lf 4 1 2 0
McGwire 1b 4 0 1 2
Cey dh 4 1 1 0
Jackson rf 4 1 1 0
Phillips 2b 4 1 1 3
Steinbach c 3 1 1 1
Javier cf 3 0 1 0
Haas p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Leiper p 0 0 0 0
  Ontiveros p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 10 6
Baltimore 401 100 01310141
Oakland 030 020 0016100
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor   4.0 7 5 5 3 1
  Schmidt  W (6-1) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Dixon  SV (3) 3.0 1 1 1 0 4
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
3
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Haas  L (1-1) 2.0 5 4 4 1 0
  Lamp   3.0 4 2 2 0 2
  Leiper   1.1 1 0 0 0 3
  Ontiveros   2.1 4 4 4 2 3
  Plunk   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
10
10
3
9

  E–Knight (7).  DP–Baltimore 2, Oakland 1.  2B–Baltimore C Ripken (12,off Haas); Sheets (4,off Lamp); Kennedy (6,off Ontiveros); Murray (10,off Ontiveros), Oakland Cey (3,off McGregor).  3B–Oakland McGwire (2,off Schmidt).  HR–Baltimore Murray (12,1st inning off Haas 2 on, 0 out); Lynn (8,3rd inning off Lamp 0 on, 2 out), Oakland Phillips (4,2nd inning off McGregor 2 on, 0 out); Steinbach (3,9th inning off Dixon 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Burleson (5,off Ontiveros).  HBP–Knight (3,by Ontiveros).  IBB–Sheets (1,by Ontiveros); Lynn (3,by Ontiveros).  CS–Griffin (2,2nd base by Schmidt/Kennedy).  BK–McGregor (2).  HBP–Ontiveros (1,Knight).  IBB–Ontiveros 2 (2,Sheets,Lynn).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–(none), 3B–Larry Young.  T–3:08.  A–15,137.
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