Oakland Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays
April 26, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1988 at Exhibition Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 6, Toronto Blue Jays 1

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Lansford 3b,1b,3b 3 1 0 0
Javier lf 4 0 0 0
Canseco rf 5 1 3 0
Parker dh 5 1 1 1
Henderson cf 3 2 1 0
Hassey c 2 0 1 0
  McGwire ph,1b 2 1 2 4
Phillips 2b,3b 2 0 0 0
  Steinbach c 1 0 0 0
Jennings 1b 1 0 0 0
  Gallego pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Weiss ss 4 0 0 1
Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 8 6
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 1 0 0 0
  Liriano 2b 2 0 0 0
Moseby cf 4 0 0 0
Leach dh 4 0 1 0
Bell lf 4 0 1 0
Whitt c 4 1 1 0
McGriff 1b 2 0 1 0
Barfield rf 3 0 0 0
Gruber 3b 2 0 0 0
Lee 2b,ss 3 0 1 1
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1
Oakland 010 000 032680
Toronto 000 010 000151
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Davis  W (2-1) 7.0 4 1 1 3 7
  Eckersley  SV (9) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
8
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb  L (1-3) 7.1 5 3 3 5 3
  Wells   0.2 1 1 1 1 1
  Eichhorn   1.0 2 2 2 2 0
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
8
4

  E–Bell (1).  DP–Oakland 2, Toronto 1.  2B–Oakland Canseco (3,off Stieb); Hassey (2,off Stieb).  HR–Oakland McGwire (5,8th inning off Wells 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Javier (1,off Eichhorn).  HBP–Lansford (2,by Stieb).  SB–Canseco (8,2nd base off Stieb/Whitt).  HBP–Stieb (2,Lansford).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–2:51.  A–21,280.
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