California Angels vs Baltimore Orioles
May 28, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 1987 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 7, Baltimore Orioles 8

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Jones lf 2 1 1 1
  DeCinces ph,3b 3 0 0 0
Joyner 1b 6 1 3 2
Downing dh 6 0 0 0
Howell 3b,lf 6 0 2 0
White rf 6 0 1 0
Boone c 4 1 2 0
  Ryal ph 1 1 1 0
  Miller c 1 1 1 0
Schofield ss 6 1 2 1
Pettis cf 6 0 2 2
McLemore 2b 5 1 1 1
Fraser p 0 0 0 0
  Finley p 0 0 0 0
  Buice p 0 0 0 0
Totals 52 7 16 7
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Lacy rf 5 1 0 0
Dwyer dh 2 0 0 0
  Young ph,dh 4 2 3 3
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 1 2 1
Murray 1b 5 0 2 0
Lynn cf 4 0 1 0
Knight 3b 4 1 0 0
Kennedy c 4 0 1 0
  Wiggins pr 0 0 0 0
  Van Gorder c 1 0 0 0
Sheets lf 3 2 2 3
  Gerhart lf 1 0 0 0
Burleson 2b 5 1 1 1
Boddicker p 0 0 0 0
  O'Connor p 0 0 0 0
  Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
  Dixon p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 8 12 8
California 001 012 001 1017160
Baltimore 021 200 000 1028121
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Fraser   4.0 6 5 5 1 3
  Finley   4.0 3 0 0 1 3
  Buice  L (2-3) 3.0 3 3 3 1 3
Totals
11.0
12
8
8
3
9
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Boddicker   5.1 7 4 4 2 5
  O'Connor   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Schmidt   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Dixon   3.0 4 2 2 0 4
  Williamson  W (2-3) 2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
12.0
16
7
7
2
11

  E–Burleson (2).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–California Boone (3,off Boddicker); Schofield (4,off Boddicker); Ryal (3,off Dixon).  HR–California Jones (2,3rd inning off Boddicker 0 on, 1 out); Joyner (11,9th inning off Dixon 0 on, 0 out), Baltimore Sheets 2 (9,2nd inning off Fraser 1 on, 1 out,4th inning off Fraser 0 on, 2 out); C Ripken (12,3rd inning off Fraser 0 on, 1 out); Burleson (2,4th inning off Fraser 0 on, 2 out); Young 2 (2,10th inning off Buice 0 on, 0 out,12th inning off Buice 1 on, 0 o.  SH–Gerhart (2,off Buice).  SB–McLemore 2 (12,2nd base off Boddicker/Kennedy,2nd base off Schmidt/Kennedy); White (11,2nd base off Schmidt/Kennedy).  CS–Lynn (6,2nd base by Finley/Boone).  WP–Boddicker (2).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Terry Craft, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–4:06.  A–28,361.
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