California Angels vs Baltimore Orioles
August 27, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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California Angels 5, Baltimore Orioles 9

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Downing dh 4 1 3 0
Schofield ss 4 2 2 0
DeCinces 3b 4 1 2 4
Hendrick lf 4 0 0 0
Armas rf 4 0 0 0
White cf 4 1 1 0
Joyner 1b 4 0 2 1
McLemore 2b 3 0 0 0
Boone c 3 0 0 0
Reuss p 0 0 0 0
  Lucas p 0 0 0 0
  Fraser p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 5
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Lacy rf 3 1 0 0
Ripken 2b 4 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 3 2 3
Murray 1b 4 3 4 2
Knight 3b 4 1 2 3
Sheets lf 4 0 1 1
Young dh 4 0 1 0
Kennedy c 4 1 0 0
Hart cf 3 0 0 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 10 9
California 012 000 0205102
Baltimore 010 301 40x9100
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss  L (4-2) 5.0 6 5 4 0 1
  Lucas   1.2 3 4 0 1 0
  Fraser   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
9
4
1
1
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  W (3-6) 9.0 10 5 5 0 4
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
0
4

  E–White (6), McLemore (17).  DP–California 1, Baltimore 3.  PB–Boone (7).  2B–California White (29,off Flanagan); Joyner (27,off Flanagan); DeCinces (19,off Flanagan); Downing (24,off Flanagan); Schofield (13,off Flanagan), Baltimore C Ripken (23,off Reuss); Knight (20,off Fraser).  HR–California DeCinces (16,8th inning off Flanagan 1 on, 2 out), Baltimore Murray (28,2nd inning off Reuss 0 on, 0 out); Knight (11,4th inning off Reuss 1 on, 0 out); C Ripken (23,7th inning off Lucas 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Hart (1,off Lucas).  CS–Downing (4,2nd base by Flanagan/Kennedy).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–2:18.  A–25,951.
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