Oakland Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays
July 2, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 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 11, Toronto Blue Jays 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Gallego 3b 4 2 1 0
Henderson cf 4 2 2 4
Canseco rf 4 1 1 0
  Polonia lf 0 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 4 2 3 1
Baylor dh 4 1 2 1
Steinbach c 4 1 1 4
Javier lf,rf 5 1 2 0
Hubbard 2b 3 0 0 0
Weiss ss 5 1 1 1
Young p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 11 13 11
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 5 0 2 0
Moseby cf 4 0 1 0
Fielder dh 3 2 2 1
  Liriano ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Bell lf 4 1 2 2
Gruber 3b 4 0 2 0
Barfield rf 4 0 1 0
Borders c 1 0 0 0
  Whitt ph,c 2 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 4 0 2 0
Lee 2b 2 0 0 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
  Cerutti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 12 3
Oakland 016 000 04011130
Toronto 000 201 0003120
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Young  W (6-5) 5.0 6 3 3 3 4
  Nelson  SV (3) 4.0 6 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
3
3
3
6
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  L (7-6) 2.1 5 7 7 2 2
  Eichhorn   5.0 5 2 2 2 2
  Cerutti   1.2 3 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
11
11
5
5

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 4, Toronto 1.  2B–Oakland Baylor (4,off Flanagan); Henderson (19,off Flanagan); McGwire (13,off Flanagan).  HR–Oakland Steinbach (4,3rd inning off Flanagan 3 on, 1 out); Henderson (11,8th inning off Cerutti 2 on, 1 out), Toronto Bell (10,4th inning off Young 1 on, 0 out); Fielder (7,6th inning off Young 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Steinbach (3,off Flanagan); Hubbard (4,off Eichhorn).  HBP–Canseco (5,by Flanagan).  IBB–Baylor (2,by Flanagan).  CS–Fernandez (3,2nd base by Young/Steinbach).  BK–Nelson 2 (6), Eichhorn (6).  HBP–Flanagan (2,Canseco).  IBB–Flanagan (1,Baylor).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Mark Johnson, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–3:07.  A–33,511.
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