Oakland Athletics vs New York Yankees
August 24, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 1988 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 6, New York Yankees 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips lf,3b 4 1 1 0
Henderson cf 3 2 1 0
Canseco rf 5 2 2 2
McGwire 1b 3 0 0 0
Steinbach c 5 0 2 3
Baylor dh 1 0 0 0
  Parker ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 4 1 2 0
Gallego 3b 1 0 1 0
  Polonia ph,lf 3 0 1 0
Weiss ss 4 0 2 1
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 12 6
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 6 1 2 1
Washington cf 5 1 2 1
Mattingly 1b 4 1 1 0
Phelps dh 4 1 3 3
Winfield rf 5 2 3 0
Pagliarulo 3b 4 0 2 0
  Ward ph 1 0 1 0
Slaught c 3 0 0 1
Velarde 2b 2 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
  Aguayo 2b 2 1 2 0
Santana ss 5 0 1 0
Candelaria p 0 0 0 0
  Nielsen p 0 0 0 0
  Guante p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 7 17 6
Oakland 210 010 0026122
New York 001 000 0157170
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart   6.2 6 1 1 3 6
  Honeycutt   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Eckersley   1.0 7 5 5 0 1
  Cadaret   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Nelson  L (7-5) 0.2 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.2
17
7
7
3
8
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Candelaria   1.1 6 3 3 2 0
  Nielsen   7.1 6 3 3 3 0
  Guante  W (5-6) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
5
0

  E–Phillips (7), Steinbach (7).  DP–Oakland 1, New York 3.  2B–Oakland Canseco (24,off Candelaria); Steinbach (13,off Nielsen), New York Pagliarulo (17,off Stewart); Washington (17,off Stewart).  HR–Oakland Canseco (33,9th inning off Nielsen 1 on, 2 out), New York Phelps (20,9th inning off Eckersley 2 on, 0 out).  SH–Phillips (1,off Candelaria).  IBB–McGwire (4,by Candelaria); Parker (2,by Nielsen).  SF–Slaught (4,off Eckersley).  SB–Henderson (73,2nd base off Stewart/Steinbach).  IBB–Candelaria (2,McGwire); Nielsen (2,Parker).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Terry Craft, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–3:03.  A–34,520.
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