Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
July 18, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 1988 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cleveland Indians 2, Oakland Athletics 7
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Washington ss 4 0 0 0
Francona dh 4 0 0 0
Franco 2b 4 0 1 0
Carter cf 4 0 1 0
Hall lf 4 1 1 0
Jacoby 3b 3 0 1 0
Snyder rf 4 1 1 0
Upshaw 1b 4 0 2 1
Bando c 3 0 0 0
Bailes p 0 0 0 0
  Laskey p 0 0 0 0
  Havens p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Javier lf 5 2 5 0
Henderson cf 5 0 1 0
Canseco rf 3 2 2 3
McGwire 1b 3 1 0 1
Lansford 3b 4 0 1 1
Baylor dh 4 0 2 2
Steinbach c 4 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 4 0 1 0
Gallego ss 4 2 2 0
Burns p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 14 7
Cleveland 020 000 000–270
Oakland 104 002 00x–7141
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bailes  L (7-9) 5.1 11 7 7 2 0
  Laskey   1.2 1 0 0 0 3
  Havens   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
14
7
7
2
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Burns  W (2-0) 9.0 7 2 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
0
1
1
  E–Lansford (5).  DP–Cleveland 2, Oakland 1.  HR–Oakland Canseco (25,1st inning off Bailes 0 on, 2 out).  CS–Hubbard (1,2nd base by Havens/Bando).  BK–Laskey (3).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–Terry Craft, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–2:26.  A–27,849.
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