Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
August 25, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 25, 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 7, Oakland Athletics 9

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Lacy rf 5 1 2 4
Ripken 2b 4 0 1 0
  Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 1 1 0
Murray 1b 4 0 1 0
Lynn cf 4 2 2 2
  Hart cf 0 0 0 0
Knight 3b 4 0 0 0
Kennedy c 3 1 1 1
Sheets lf 4 1 1 0
Young dh 3 1 1 0
Bell p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 10 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Bernazard 2b 3 1 1 0
Henderson dh 5 1 2 3
Canseco lf 3 2 1 0
Lansford 3b 4 1 2 1
McGwire 1b 4 1 1 0
Davis rf 3 1 2 2
Tettleton c 2 1 1 2
  Steinbach c 0 0 0 1
Griffin ss 4 0 0 0
Murphy cf 4 1 1 0
Young p 0 0 0 0
  Leiper p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 9 11 9
Baltimore 000 223 0007100
Oakland 001 160 10x9110
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Bell  L (9-10) 4.2 7 7 7 4 0
  Williamson   3.1 4 2 2 1 2
Totals
8.0
11
9
9
5
2
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Young  W (11-6) 5.1 9 6 6 0 2
  Leiper   0.1 1 1 1 1 1
  Plunk  SV (1) 3.1 0 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Lynn (19,off Young), Oakland M Davis 2 (28,off Bell 2); McGwire (17,off Bell).  3B–Baltimore Lacy (3,off Leiper).  HR–Baltimore Lynn (20,4th inning off Young 1 on, 1 out); Lacy (6,5th inning off Young 1 on, 1 out), Oakland Lansford (14,4th inning off Bell 0 on, 0 out); Henderson (3,5th inning off Bell 1 on, 1 out); Tettleton (7,5th inning off Williamson 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Steinbach (3,off Williamson).  IBB–M Davis (5,by Williamson).  SB–M Davis (14,3rd base off Williamson/Kennedy).  CS–Bernazard (8,2nd base by Williamson/Kennedy).  WP–Leiper (3).  IBB–Williamson (12,M Davis).  U-HP–Terry Craft, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Dale Scott, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:48.  A–12,410.
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