Oakland Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays
August 30, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 1987 at Exhibition Stadium. 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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Oakland Athletics 3, Toronto Blue Jays 13

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia cf,rf,cf 4 1 1 0
Bernazard 2b 3 0 0 1
  Tettleton c 0 0 0 0
Canseco lf 4 0 1 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
Lansford 1b 4 1 2 1
  Gallego 2b 0 0 0 0
Jackson rf 1 0 1 1
  Murphy pr,cf 1 0 0 0
  McGwire 1b 1 0 0 0
Davis dh,rf 4 0 0 0
Phillips 3b,ss 4 0 2 0
Steinbach c,3b 3 0 1 0
Griffin ss 3 1 1 0
  Henderson rf,lf 0 0 0 0
Rijo p 0 0 0 0
  Leiper p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 9 3
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Liriano 2b 6 2 2 3
Leach rf 3 0 0 0
  Moseby pr,cf 1 1 1 0
Fernandez ss 5 1 1 0
  Iorg 3b 0 0 0 0
Bell lf 5 2 3 4
  Moore lf 0 0 0 0
Whitt c 5 2 2 1
Barfield cf,rf 5 3 3 1
McGriff dh 3 0 0 0
  Fielder ph,dh 2 0 1 0
Mulliniks 3b 3 0 2 2
  Gruber ph,3b,ss 2 1 2 1
Upshaw 1b 3 1 0 0
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 13 17 12
Oakland 012 000 000392
Toronto 020 100 82x13170
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Rijo  L (2-7) 6.0 10 8 5 2 4
  Leiper   1.0 3 3 3 1 1
  Lamp   1.0 4 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
17
13
10
3
6
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy  W (12-10) 8.0 9 3 3 1 4
  Henke   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
6

  E–Bernazard (15), Phillips (12).  DP–Toronto 2.  2B–Oakland Jackson (13,off Clancy); Phillips (18,off Clancy); Griffin (22,off Clancy); Steinbach (14,off Clancy), Toronto Whitt (21,off Rijo); Bell (26,off Rijo).  3B–Toronto Mulliniks (1,off Rijo).  HR–Toronto Barfield (27,4th inning off Rijo 0 on, 0 out); Bell 2 (41,7th inning off Rijo 2 on, 0 out,8th inning off Lamp 0 on, 0 out); Whitt (11,7th inning off Rijo 0 on, 0 out); Liriano (1,7th inning off Leiper 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Bernazard (3,off Clancy).  CS–Murphy (3,2nd base by Clancy/Whitt).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Mark Johnson, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–3:04.  A–38,211.
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