Oakland Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles
August 18, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1988 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics 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 1, Baltimore Orioles 10

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips lf,cf 3 0 0 0
Henderson cf 3 0 1 0
  Jennings rf 1 0 0 0
Canseco rf 2 0 0 0
  Polonia lf 1 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 4 1 1 1
  Lansford 1b 0 0 0 0
Steinbach 3b 4 0 0 0
Baylor dh 3 0 1 0
Hubbard 2b 3 0 1 0
Hassey c 1 0 0 0
  Sinatro c 2 0 0 0
Gallego ss 3 0 0 0
Welch p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 4 1 0 0
Lynn rf 3 2 1 1
  Gerhart rf 1 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 2 3 2
Murray dh 1 2 0 0
  Stanicek ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Traber 1b 5 2 3 1
Sheets lf 4 0 0 1
Kennedy c 4 1 3 3
Gonzales 3b 3 0 0 0
Ripken 2b 3 0 2 2
Ballard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 10 12 10
Oakland 000 100 000140
Baltimore 500 500 00x10120
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Welch  L (14-7) 3.1 9 9 9 5 5
  Honeycutt   3.2 3 1 1 4 2
  Nelson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
10
10
9
7
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Ballard  W (7-10) 9.0 4 1 1 5 3
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
5
3

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1, Baltimore 1.  2B–Oakland Baylor (7,off Ballard), Baltimore C Ripken 2 (23,off Welch 2); Traber (4,off Welch).  HR–Oakland McGwire (24,4th inning off Ballard 0 on, 0 out), Baltimore Lynn (18,4th inning off Welch 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Gallego (1,by Ballard).  SF–Sheets (4,off Welch).  HBP–Ballard (4,Gallego).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–2:52.  A–27,723.
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