Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics
August 20, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1987 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 7, Oakland Athletics 6

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Moseby cf 5 1 1 0
Beniquez lf 5 1 2 3
Barfield rf 5 1 1 2
Bell dh 4 0 1 0
Fielder 1b 2 0 0 0
  Upshaw ph,1b 1 0 0 1
Gruber ss 4 0 0 0
Iorg 2b 4 2 2 0
Mulliniks 3b 2 0 1 0
Moore c 3 2 1 1
  Whitt c 0 0 0 0
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  Musselman p 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 9 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Bernazard 2b 4 1 2 0
Davis rf 4 2 2 1
Canseco lf 5 1 3 3
McGwire 1b 3 0 0 0
Murphy cf 3 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 5 0 0 0
Jackson dh 4 0 1 1
Tettleton c 3 1 1 1
Griffin ss 3 1 0 0
Young p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Leiper p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 9 6
Toronto 000 230 002790
Oakland 002 002 110691
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy   5.2 5 4 4 5 5
  Musselman   1.0 1 1 1 2 1
  Eichhorn   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Lavelle  W (2-3) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Henke  SV (29) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
7
10
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Young   4.1 7 5 5 1 4
  Lamp   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Cadaret  L (2-1) 3.2 2 2 1 1 3
  Leiper   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
7
6
3
9

  E–Bernazard (13).  DP–Toronto 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Toronto Beniquez (9,off Young); Moore (8,off Cadaret), Oakland Canseco 3 (28,off Clancy 2,off Musselman); M Davis (25,off Clancy).  HR–Toronto Barfield (26,4th inning off Young 1 on, 0 out), Oakland Tettleton (6,8th inning off Eichhorn 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Mulliniks 2 (3,off Young,off Cadaret); M Davis (3,off Musselman).  IBB–Bell (5,by Lamp); McGwire (4,by Musselman).  WP–Clancy (8).  IBB–Musselman (10,McGwire); Lamp (3,Bell).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Larry Young, 3B–John Shulock.  T–3:14.  A–12,607.
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