California Angels vs Oakland Athletics
April 20, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1988 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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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California Angels 8, Oakland Athletics 9

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Ray lf 3 1 1 3
Schofield ss 4 0 3 1
Davis rf 5 0 2 1
Joyner 1b 4 0 0 0
Buckner dh 3 0 1 0
  Hendrick ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Howell 3b 4 1 0 0
White cf 5 2 2 0
Wynegar c 2 3 1 0
  Armas ph 1 0 0 0
Polidor 2b 1 0 0 0
  McLemore ph,2b 1 1 0 1
Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Cliburn p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 10 6
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Lansford 3b 5 2 4 2
Jennings lf 4 1 0 0
  Gallego 2b 0 0 0 0
Canseco rf 1 3 1 0
Parker dh 5 0 2 1
McGwire 1b 3 1 2 2
Hassey c 5 1 2 3
Phillips 2b,lf 5 0 0 0
Javier cf 2 1 1 0
Weiss ss 4 0 1 0
Welch p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 13 8
California 001 025 0008101
Oakland 201 110 04x9132
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Witt   5.0 10 5 5 5 6
  Cliburn   2.0 2 3 3 3 0
  Moore  L (1-2) 1.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
13
9
9
8
8
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Welch   5.2 8 8 4 3 1
  Cadaret   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Nelson  W (1-2) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
8
4
4
3

  E–Ray (2), McGwire (3), Hassey (1).  DP–California 3.  2B–California Wynegar (2,off Welch); White (3,off Welch), Oakland Weiss (1,off Witt).  3B–Oakland Lansford (1,off Witt).  HR–Oakland Hassey (1,8th inning off Moore 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Polidor (1,off Welch).  SF–Ray 2 (3,off Welch 2).  HBP–Howell (1,by Cadaret); Joyner (3,by Nelson); Canseco (1,by Witt).  IBB–Javier (1,by Witt).  SB–Schofield (2,2nd base off Welch/Hassey).  BK–Welch (5).  HBP–Witt (2,Canseco); Cadaret (1,Howell); Nelson (1,Joyner).  IBB–Witt (1,Javier).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Dale Scott, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–3:31.  A–14,299.
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