New York Yankees vs Baltimore Orioles
June 5, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1988 at Memorial Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Yankees 9, Baltimore Orioles 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 2 2 2
Randolph 2b 5 1 1 2
Washington cf 5 1 4 2
Clark dh 4 1 0 0
Cruz rf 3 1 0 0
  Buhner rf 0 0 0 0
Pagliarulo 3b 5 1 1 2
Ward 1b 4 0 0 0
Santana ss 4 1 0 0
Skinner c 4 1 1 0
Dotson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 9 8
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Orsulak lf 5 1 3 0
Lynn cf 4 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 0 0 2
Murray 1b 4 0 1 0
Sheets dh 3 0 1 0
Hughes rf 3 0 0 0
Kennedy c 4 0 0 0
Gonzales 3b 4 0 1 0
Ripken 2b 2 1 0 0
Tibbs p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
  Aase p 0 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
New York 900 000 000991
Baltimore 101 000 000261
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Dotson  W (6-1) 9.0 6 2 2 4 4
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
4
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Tibbs  L (2-3) 0.0 1 4 3 3 0
  Williamson   6.0 7 5 0 3 3
  Aase   2.0 1 0 0 4 1
  Sisk   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
9
3
10
5

  E–Santana (7), C Ripken (6).  DP–New York 1.  PB–Kennedy (2).  2B–New York Randolph (9,off Williamson); Henderson (11,off Williamson), Baltimore Orsulak 2 (8,off Dotson 2); Sheets (10,off Dotson).  IBB–Ward (3,by Aase).  SF–C Ripken (3,off Dotson).  WP–Williamson (3).  IBB–Aase (2,Ward).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Mark Johnson, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:59.  A–36,665.
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