Oakland Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays
July 3, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 3, 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 9, Toronto Blue Jays 8

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 5 0 1 0
  McGwire 1b 3 1 1 1
Parker dh 1 1 0 0
  Baylor ph,dh 3 0 0 0
  Nelson pr,dh 0 1 0 0
  Hubbard ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Canseco rf 7 3 3 6
Hassey c 3 0 1 0
  Steinbach ph,c 3 0 1 0
Henderson cf 6 1 1 0
Lansford 3b 6 1 3 0
Javier 1b,lf 7 0 1 0
Weiss ss 7 0 1 1
Gallego 2b 7 1 2 1
Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Burns p 0 0 0 0
Totals 60 9 15 9
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 8 1 3 3
Mulliniks dh 3 1 1 0
  Fielder ph,dh 5 0 0 0
Bell lf 6 1 1 2
Gruber 3b,cf 8 1 3 0
McGriff 1b 7 0 1 1
Whitt c 4 0 1 0
  Borders ph,c 2 0 0 0
Moseby rf 2 0 1 0
  Leach pr,rf 0 1 0 0
  Barfield ph,rf 4 1 1 1
Campusano cf 3 0 0 0
  Liriano ph,2b 3 0 1 0
Lee 2b,3b 7 2 2 1
Stottlemyre p 0 0 0 0
  Ward p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
  Cerutti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 62 8 15 8
Oakland 201 003 000 002 000 19152
Toronto 010 012 101 002 000 08151
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Davis   5.0 5 2 2 0 1
  Corsi   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Honeycutt   2.2 3 1 1 0 1
  Eckersley   1.2 1 1 0 0 0
  Cadaret   1.2 2 2 2 0 0
  Burns  W (1-0) 4.2 2 0 0 5 2
Totals
16.0
15
8
7
5
4
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre   5.0 7 5 5 2 6
  Ward   4.0 4 1 1 1 4
  Wells   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Henke   4.0 1 2 2 1 5
  Cerutti  L (4-5) 1.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
16.0
15
9
9
4
17

  E–McGwire (7), Lansford (3), Lee (4).  DP–Oakland 1, Toronto 3.  PB–Hassey (3).  2B–Toronto Moseby (9,off Davis); Fernandez (20,off Eckersley).  HR–Oakland Canseco 3 (23,1st inning off Stottlemyre 1 on, 1 out,6th inning off Stottlemyre 0 on, 0 out,12th inning off Henke 1 on, 0 out); McGwire (14,16th inning off Cerutti 0 on, 1 out), Toronto Bell (11,6th inning off Corsi 1 on, 0 out); Barfield (7,7th inning off Honeycutt 0 on, 0 out); Fernandez (3,12th inning off Cadaret 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Lansford (4,off Henke); Borders (2,off Burns).  HBP–Baylor (5,by Henke).  IBB–Barfield (2,by Burns).  SB–Javier (15,2nd base off Ward/Whitt); Nelson (1,2nd base off Henke/Borders); Bell (2,3rd base off Burns/Steinbach); Gruber (13,2nd base off Burns/Steinbach).  CS–Henderson (2,3rd base by Stottlemyre/Whitt).  BK–Davis (2).  HBP–Henke (1,Baylor).  IBB–Burns (1,Barfield).  U-HP–Mark Johnson, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–John Shulock.  T–5:02.  A–32,329.
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