Oakland Athletics vs California Angels
April 9, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1988 at Anaheim Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 8, California Angels 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Lansford 3b 4 0 1 1
Canseco rf 5 1 2 0
Parker lf 5 1 1 1
Hassey dh 4 0 2 0
  Ontiveros pr,dh 0 1 0 0
  Baylor ph,dh 1 1 1 0
McGwire 1b 5 1 3 3
Steinbach c 4 0 1 0
Phillips 2b 2 2 1 0
Javier cf 4 1 0 0
Weiss ss 3 0 0 0
  Jennings ph 1 0 1 3
  Gallego ss 1 0 0 0
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 13 8
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
McLemore 2b 4 2 1 2
Ray lf 5 0 1 0
Davis rf 5 0 0 0
Joyner 1b 4 1 1 0
White cf 3 1 1 0
Downing dh 2 0 0 0
Howell 3b 3 1 0 0
Boone c 2 1 1 0
  Buckner ph 1 0 1 2
  Wynegar c 0 0 0 0
Schofield ss 3 0 1 1
Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Buice p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Krawczyk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 7 5
Oakland 000 010 0348130
California 120 000 030670
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  W (2-0) 8.0 7 6 6 5 4
  Eckersley  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
5
5
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Witt   7.0 7 2 2 2 3
  Buice   0.2 2 2 2 2 0
  Moore  L (1-1) 0.2 4 4 4 1 0
  Krawczyk   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
5
4

  E–None.  DP–California 1.  2B–Oakland Jennings (1,off Buice), California White (2,off Stewart).  3B–California Schofield (1,off Stewart).  HR–Oakland McGwire (2,9th inning off Moore 2 on, 0 out), California McLemore (1,2nd inning off Stewart 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Lansford (1,by Witt); White (1,by Stewart).  SH–Downing (1,off Stewart).  SF–Schofield (1,off Stewart).  IBB–Howell (2,by Stewart).  BK–Stewart 3 (4), Moore 2 (2).  HBP–Stewart (1,White); Witt (1,Lansford).  IBB–Stewart (1,Howell).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:30.  A–44,314.
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