Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics
May 5, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1988 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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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Toronto Blue Jays 5, Oakland Athletics 8

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 5 0 0 0
Moseby cf 3 0 0 1
Whitt c 2 0 0 0
  Borders ph,c 1 0 1 1
Bell lf 4 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 2 1 1 0
Barfield rf 4 0 0 0
Mulliniks dh 3 2 1 0
Gruber 3b,2b,3b,2b,3b 2 1 1 2
Lee 2b 2 0 0 0
  Leach ph 0 0 0 0
  Fielder ph,2b,3b,2b,3b,2b 1 1 0 0
Cerutti p 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
  Nunez p 0 0 0 0
  Ward p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 4 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips lf 5 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 2 1 0
Canseco rf 4 2 3 2
McGwire 1b 3 1 2 2
Henderson cf 4 1 2 1
Baylor dh 3 0 1 0
Steinbach c 4 1 2 3
Hubbard 2b 3 0 0 0
Gallego ss 2 1 0 0
Ontiveros p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 11 8
Toronto 020 000 300540
Oakland 210 002 12x8110
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Cerutti   5.0 5 4 4 4 3
  Eichhorn   0.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Nunez  L (0-1) 1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Ward   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Wells   1.0 2 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
7
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Ontiveros   5.1 2 2 2 4 3
  Nelson   0.2 1 2 2 2 0
  Cadaret   0.1 0 1 0 2 1
  Plunk  W (3-1) 2.2 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
4
5
4
8
8

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 2, Oakland 2.  2B–Toronto Gruber (7,off Ontiveros); McGriff (6,off Ontiveros), Oakland McGwire (5,off Cerutti); Canseco (4,off Wells).  HR–Oakland Steinbach (1,2nd inning off Cerutti 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Hubbard (3,by Eichhorn).  IBB–Baylor (1,by Eichhorn).  SB–Canseco 2 (11,2nd base off Cerutti/Whitt,3rd base off Cerutti/Whitt); Lansford (5,2nd base off Nunez/Borders).  CS–Gallego (1,2nd base by Cerutti/Whitt).  WP–Cerutti (1).  BK–Ontiveros (4), Nelson (2).  HBP–Eichhorn (3,Hubbard).  IBB–Eichhorn (2,Baylor).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–John Shulock.  T–3:12.  A–16,998.
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