Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
October 1, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 1, 1987 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 5, Oakland Athletics 9

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 3 1 2 1
Hinzo 2b 3 0 0 0
  Tabler ph 1 0 1 1
  Noboa 2b 0 0 0 0
Hall lf 3 0 0 1
  Carter ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Jacoby 1b 3 1 2 1
Clark dh 4 1 2 0
Snyder rf 4 1 1 0
Bell ss 3 0 0 0
Bando c 1 0 0 0
  Allanson c 3 0 1 1
Williams 3b 3 1 0 0
Candiotti p 0 0 0 0
  Vande Berg p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 4 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 1 0
  Javier pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Gallego 2b 5 1 2 2
McGwire 1b 4 1 1 0
Davis M. rf 4 2 4 1
Murphy cf 5 1 0 0
Canseco dh 4 2 2 4
Phillips 3b 2 1 1 1
Tettleton c 2 0 0 0
Weiss ss 3 0 1 1
Davis S. p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 12 9
Cleveland 000 100 400591
Oakland 010 012 32x9120
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Candiotti  L (7-18) 6.2 9 7 7 4 4
  Vande Berg   1.0 3 2 2 2 1
  Stewart   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
9
9
6
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Davis   6.0 5 3 3 2 1
  Nelson   0.2 3 2 2 1 0
  Cadaret  W (5-2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley  SV (16) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
3
2

  E–Hinzo (9).  DP–Cleveland 1, Oakland 3.  2B–Oakland Phillips (20,off Candiotti); M Davis 2 (32,off Candiotti,off Vande Berg); Gallego (6,off Vande Berg).  HR–Cleveland Jacoby (32,7th inning off S Davis 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Canseco (31,7th inning off Candiotti 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Bell (2,off G Nelson); Tettleton (5,off Candiotti).  SF–Phillips (3,off Candiotti).  IBB–McGwire (8,by Vande Berg).  SB–Butler (33,2nd base off S Davis/Tettleton); M Davis (18,2nd base off Candiotti/Bando); Weiss (1,2nd base off Candiotti/Allanson).  IBB–Vande Berg (2,McGwire).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–2:52.  A–9,846.
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