Oakland Athletics vs New York Yankees
May 29, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 29, 1987 at Yankee Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 13, New York Yankees 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 2b 6 2 3 1
Griffin ss 6 1 3 4
Canseco lf 6 2 2 2
McGwire 1b 4 0 0 1
Cey dh 3 1 1 1
  Jackson ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 3 2 1 0
  Gallego 3b 0 0 0 0
Davis rf 4 1 1 2
Steinbach c 5 2 3 1
Polonia cf 3 2 2 0
  Javier cf 1 0 0 0
Young p 0 0 0 0
  Ontiveros p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 13 16 12
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Henderson cf 3 1 0 0
  Cotto cf 2 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 3 0 1 2
  Pagliarulo 3b 1 0 0 0
Mattingly 1b 4 0 1 0
Winfield rf 3 0 1 0
  Pasqua rf 1 0 0 0
Ward lf 4 0 1 0
Kittle dh 3 2 2 1
Sakata 3b,2b 4 1 1 0
Cerone c 4 1 1 0
Tolleson ss 2 0 1 2
  Meacham ss 2 0 0 0
Rasmussen p 0 0 0 0
  Shirley p 0 0 0 0
  Bordi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 5
Oakland 400 324 00013161
New York 000 041 000591
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Young  W (6-3) 5.0 7 4 4 1 1
  Ontiveros   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Nelson   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Lamp   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Plunk   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
1
5
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Rasmussen  L (3-4) 1.2 6 4 4 1 2
  Shirley   3.1 7 5 3 0 3
  Bordi   4.0 3 4 4 3 3
Totals
9.0
16
13
11
4
8

  E–Griffin (7), Sakata (1).  DP–Oakland 1.  PB–Cerone (6).  2B–Oakland Cey (4,off Rasmussen); Griffin (9,off Shirley), New York Kittle (5,off Young); Mattingly (14,off Young); Randolph (8,off Young); Ward (12,off Lamp).  3B–Oakland M Davis (1,off Rasmussen).  HR–Oakland Canseco (6,1st inning off Rasmussen 1 on, 1 out), New York Kittle (3,6th inning off Ontiveros 0 on, 1 out).  SF–McGwire (1,off Shirley); Cey (1,off Shirley).  IBB–Lansford (5,by Rasmussen).  SB–Lansford (11,2nd base off Bordi/Cerone).  IBB–Rasmussen (1,Lansford).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Dale Scott, 3B–Drew Coble.  T–3:09.  A–30,270.
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