Oakland Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays
April 28, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 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 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 3b 5 0 1 1
Javier cf,lf 5 1 3 0
Canseco rf 3 1 0 0
Parker lf 4 1 2 3
  Henderson cf 1 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 5 0 0 0
Hassey c 5 2 2 1
Baylor dh 3 1 0 0
Gallego 2b 3 0 1 0
Weiss ss 4 0 2 1
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 11 6
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Lee ss 4 0 2 0
Moseby cf 5 0 0 0
Whitt c 4 1 1 0
Bell lf 4 1 2 0
McGriff 1b 2 0 0 0
Barfield rf 2 0 0 1
Leach dh 4 0 0 0
Gruber 3b 3 0 0 0
Liriano 2b 4 0 1 0
Stottlemyre p 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 1
Oakland 000 150 0006110
Toronto 000 200 000260
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  W (6-0) 8.0 5 2 2 4 8
  Plunk   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Honeycutt  SV (3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
5
10
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  L (0-2) 4.1 8 5 5 3 3
  Eichhorn   3.2 3 1 1 3 3
  Henke   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
6
7

  E–None.  2B–Toronto Lee 2 (3,off Stewart,off Plunk); Bell (8,off Stewart).  HR–Oakland Hassey (2,4th inning off Stottlemyre 0 on, 0 out); Parker (2,5th inning off Stottlemyre 2 on, 0 out).  SF–Barfield (3,off Stewart).  SB–Javier 2 (3,2nd base off Stottlemyre/Whitt,2nd base off Eichhorn/Whitt); Liriano (4,2nd base off Stewart/Hassey).  BK–Stewart 2 (11).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–2:56.  A–21,178.
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