Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
August 24, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 1987 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 3, Oakland Athletics 7

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Dwyer dh 3 0 1 0
  Wiggins ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Ripken 2b 4 1 2 1
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 0 0 0
Murray 1b 2 0 1 1
Lynn cf 4 0 0 0
Knight 3b 4 0 0 0
Kennedy c 4 0 0 0
Sheets rf 3 1 2 1
Young lf 4 1 1 0
Boddicker p 0 0 0 0
  Habyan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia cf 4 0 1 2
Bernazard 2b 4 0 1 2
Canseco lf 4 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 1 3 0
Davis rf 4 1 2 0
McGwire 1b 2 1 0 0
Jackson dh 2 0 0 0
  Henderson ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Steinbach c 3 2 2 2
  Tettleton c 1 0 0 0
Griffin ss 4 2 2 1
Rijo p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 11 7
Baltimore 100 200 000370
Oakland 002 005 00x7110
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Boddicker  L (9-7) 5.2 9 7 7 2 5
  Habyan   2.1 2 0 0 0 5
Totals
8.0
11
7
7
2
10
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Rijo   4.0 7 3 3 2 6
  Cadaret  W (3-1) 5.0 0 0 0 2 5
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
11

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Baltimore Sheets (17,off Rijo); B Ripken (7,off Rijo); Young (5,off Rijo), Oakland Lansford (21,off Boddicker); M Davis (26,off Boddicker).  3B–Oakland Polonia (8,off Habyan).  HR–Baltimore Sheets (26,4th inning off Rijo 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Bernazard (11,2nd base off Boddicker/Kennedy); Lansford (24,3rd base off Boddicker/Kennedy).  WP–Habyan (3), Rijo 2 (4).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Terry Craft, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–2:41.  A–25,135.
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