Oakland Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles
August 17, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 10, Baltimore Orioles 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips lf,3b 5 1 1 0
Henderson cf 3 1 1 1
  Javier pr,cf 1 1 0 0
Canseco rf 5 2 3 2
  Jennings rf 0 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 5 2 2 2
  Lansford 1b 0 0 0 0
Steinbach c 2 1 2 0
Baylor dh 2 1 0 0
Hubbard 2b 5 1 1 2
Gallego 3b 0 0 0 0
  Polonia ph,lf 3 0 0 1
Weiss ss 5 0 1 0
Young p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 10 11 8
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Stanicek lf 5 0 2 0
Anderson cf 5 0 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 2 1 0
Murray dh 5 2 3 0
Tettleton c 4 0 2 0
Gerhart rf 2 0 1 1
  Sheets ph,rf 1 0 0 1
Traber 1b 4 0 2 1
Gonzales 3b 4 0 0 0
Ripken 2b 4 0 2 0
Dillard p 0 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 14 3
Oakland 002 051 20010111
Baltimore 201 000 1004141
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Young  W (7-7) 5.0 9 3 2 2 2
  Plunk  SV (4) 4.0 5 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
14
4
3
2
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Dillard   2.2 3 2 2 4 2
  Sisk  L (3-3) 1.1 4 5 5 3 0
  Thurmond   3.0 4 3 1 2 0
  Niedenfuer   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
10
8
10
3

  E–McGwire (8), Thurmond (1).  DP–Oakland 1, Baltimore 1.  2B–Oakland Steinbach (12,off Dillard); Weiss (10,off Sisk); Canseco (22,off Sisk); Hubbard (8,off Sisk); Henderson (30,off Thurmond), Baltimore C Ripken (21,off Young); Anderson (7,off Plunk).  3B–Oakland Phillips (3,off Thurmond).  HR–Oakland Canseco (32,3rd inning off Dillard 1 on, 1 out); McGwire (23,6th inning off Thurmond 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Polonia (2,off Thurmond); Sheets (3,off Plunk).  CS–Canseco (13,2nd base by Dillard/Tettleton).  SB–Traber (1,2nd base off Young/Steinbach).  WP–Plunk (2).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–3:37.  A–18,127.
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