Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
May 24, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 4, Oakland Athletics 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Lacy rf 4 0 1 2
Burleson 2b 4 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 0 0
Lynn cf 4 0 0 0
Knight 3b 3 2 2 1
Kennedy c 3 0 1 0
Gerhart lf 2 1 1 1
Young dh 2 1 1 0
Ballard p 0 0 0 0
  O'Connor p 0 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
  Dixon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 0 2 0
Lansford 3b 3 1 1 1
Canseco lf 4 0 1 0
McGwire 1b 4 1 1 1
Cey dh 3 0 0 0
  Polonia pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Davis rf 4 1 2 1
Javier cf 4 0 0 0
Tettleton c 3 0 2 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 0 0
Gallego 2b 2 0 0 0
  Phillips ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Young p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 9 3
Baltimore 002 100 100460
Oakland 010 011 000391
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Ballard  W (2-0) 7.0 7 3 3 0 3
  O'Connor   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Niedenfuer   0.2 2 0 0 2 0
  Dixon  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
3
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Young  L (5-3) 9.0 6 4 3 1 5
Totals
9.0
6
4
3
1
5

  E–Gallego (5).  DP–Baltimore 1, Oakland 2.  2B–Baltimore Lacy (2,off Young), Oakland Tettleton (1,off Ballard).  HR–Baltimore Knight (5,4th inning off Young 0 on, 2 out), Oakland McGwire (16,2nd inning off Ballard 0 on, 0 out); M Davis (10,5th inning off Ballard 0 on, 0 out); Lansford (3,6th inning off Ballard 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Gerhart (1,off Young).  SB–Gerhart (5,3rd base off Young/Tettleton); Young (2,2nd base off Young/Tettleton).  CS–Young (2,2nd base by Young/Tettleton); Griffin 2 (5,2nd base by Ballard/Kennedy,2nd base by Niedenfuer/Kennedy); Tettleton (1,2nd base by Ballard/Kennedy).  U-HP–Larry Young, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–2:36.  A–17,602.
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