Oakland Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles
August 16, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1988 at Memorial Stadium. The Oakland Athletics 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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Oakland Athletics 6, Baltimore Orioles 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 4 0 0 1
Henderson cf 5 2 2 1
Canseco rf 5 1 1 0
McGwire 1b 5 1 3 2
Hassey c 3 1 1 0
Baylor dh 3 1 1 0
Steinbach 3b 3 0 0 1
Hubbard 2b 4 0 2 1
Weiss ss 4 0 1 0
Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 11 6
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Orsulak rf 3 0 1 0
  Stanicek ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Lynn cf 3 1 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 1 1 0
Murray dh 4 1 1 3
Sheets lf,rf 4 0 0 0
Traber 1b 3 0 0 0
Kennedy c 4 0 0 0
Gonzales 3b 3 0 1 0
Ripken 2b 3 0 1 0
Tibbs p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Oakland 030 020 0016110
Baltimore 000 003 000360
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Davis  W (12-4) 6.0 4 3 3 2 5
  Cadaret   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Eckersley  SV (34) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
7
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Tibbs  L (4-10) 9.0 11 6 6 3 4
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
3
4

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Canseco (21,off Tibbs); McGwire (19,off Tibbs); Hubbard (7,off Tibbs), Baltimore C Ripken (20,off Davis).  HR–Oakland Henderson (18,9th inning off Tibbs 0 on, 0 out), Baltimore Murray (23,6th inning off Davis 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Steinbach (2,off Tibbs); Polonia (1,off Tibbs).  IBB–Hassey (1,by Tibbs).  IBB–Tibbs (2,Hassey).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:42.  A–22,239.
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