California Angels vs New York Yankees
September 5, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1987 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 6, New York Yankees 7

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Schofield ss 2 1 0 0
  Buckner ph 1 0 0 0
  Polidor ss 0 0 0 0
Joyner 1b 4 1 1 1
Downing dh 4 1 1 0
Armas rf 3 1 1 3
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
Hendrick lf 3 0 0 0
  Howell ph 1 1 1 1
Ray 2b 4 0 1 0
White cf 4 1 0 0
DeCinces 3b 2 0 1 0
  Pettis pr 0 0 0 0
Boone c 3 0 0 0
Sutton p 0 0 0 0
  Lucas p 0 0 0 0
  Fraser p 0 0 0 0
  Lazorko p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 6 5
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 2 2 0
  Cotto cf 0 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 4 2 2 1
Mattingly 1b 4 0 1 1
Winfield dh 4 1 2 2
Pagliarulo 3b 4 1 1 1
Pasqua rf 3 1 1 1
Ward cf,lf 4 0 2 1
Cerone c 4 0 0 0
Meacham ss 4 0 0 0
Guidry p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
  Righetti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 11 7
California 400 000 002661
New York 023 200 00x7112
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  L (9-11) 2.1 6 5 5 0 0
  Lucas   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Fraser   2.1 5 2 2 0 3
  Lazorko   3.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
11
7
7
1
5
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Guidry  W (5-8) 6.2 4 4 4 3 0
  Stoddard   1.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Righetti  SV (26) 0.2 1 1 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
6
5
3
1

  E–White (9), Pagliarulo (13), Meacham (7).  DP–New York 1.  PB–Cerone (12).  2B–California Joyner (30,off Guidry), New York Randolph 2 (21,off Sutton,off Fraser); Ward (19,off Fraser).  HR–California Armas (3,1st inning off Guidry 2 on, 0 out); Howell (18,9th inning off Stoddard 0 on, 1 out), New York Pagliarulo (31,2nd inning off Sutton 0 on, 0 out); Pasqua (14,2nd inning off Sutton 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Boone (9,off Guidry).  SB–Schofield (17,2nd base off Guidry/Cerone).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–2:45.  A–31,566.
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