Oakland Athletics vs New York Yankees
August 22, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 1988 at Yankee Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 9, New York Yankees 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 5 1 1 1
Henderson cf 5 1 2 0
  Gallego 3b 0 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 2 1 0 0
  Phillips ph,3b,cf 1 1 0 0
Parker dh 3 1 2 1
McGwire 1b 2 1 0 0
Steinbach c 3 0 0 1
Jennings rf 4 1 2 2
Hubbard 2b 4 2 2 3
Weiss ss 5 0 1 1
Young p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 10 9
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 1 1 0
Mattingly 1b 4 1 1 0
Winfield rf 4 0 2 2
Clark dh 3 0 0 0
Slaught c 3 0 0 0
Ward cf 3 0 0 0
Aguayo 3b,2b 3 0 0 0
Velarde 2b 2 0 0 0
  Pagliarulo ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Santana ss 3 0 0 0
Hudson p 0 0 0 0
  Shields p 0 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 4 2
Oakland 006 012 0009100
New York 002 000 000240
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Young  W (8-7) 7.0 3 2 2 1 2
  Nelson   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
2
2
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Hudson  L (6-4) 2.2 3 5 5 4 2
  Shields   2.1 6 4 4 3 1
  Allen   4.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
9
9
8
4

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Henderson (31,off Hudson); Hubbard (9,off Shields); Jennings (5,off Shields), New York Winfield (28,off Young).  3B–Oakland Weiss (3,off Shields).  SF–Parker (2,off Hudson); Steinbach (3,off Hudson); Hubbard (1,off Allen).  HBP–Lansford (7,by Hudson).  SB–Lansford (22,2nd base off Hudson/Slaught); Polonia (15,2nd base off Shields/Slaught).  HBP–Hudson (3,Lansford).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Terry Craft.  T–2:55.  A–34,583.
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