Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
August 26, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1988 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 5, Oakland Athletics 8

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Orsulak rf 4 0 0 0
Lynn cf 4 0 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 1 1 0
Murray 1b 3 1 2 0
Sheets lf 4 1 1 1
Traber dh 4 1 1 2
Kennedy c 2 1 1 1
Gonzales 3b 3 0 1 0
  Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0
Ripken 2b 2 0 1 0
Tibbs p 0 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 9 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 4 0 1 0
Henderson cf 4 3 3 1
Canseco rf 4 2 3 2
Parker dh 3 2 0 0
McGwire 1b 3 0 2 1
Lansford 3b 4 1 2 1
Hassey c 3 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 4 0 1 2
Weiss ss 4 0 0 0
Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 12 7
Baltimore 000 400 100591
Oakland 000 204 20x8121
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Tibbs  L (4-12) 5.1 6 5 5 1 2
  Sisk   1.0 5 3 3 1 2
  Williamson   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
12
8
8
3
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Davis  W (13-4) 6.0 7 4 4 3 2
  Honeycutt   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Plunk  SV (5) 1.2 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
4
5

  E–C Ripken (18), Polonia (2).  DP–Baltimore 1, Oakland 5.  PB–Hassey (6).  2B–Oakland Canseco (25,off Tibbs); Henderson (32,off Tibbs); Lansford (18,off Williamson).  HR–Baltimore Traber (8,4th inning off Davis 1 on, 1 out); Kennedy (3,7th inning off Honeycutt 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Henderson (20,4th inning off Tibbs 0 on, 1 out); Canseco (34,6th inning off Tibbs 1 on, 1 out).  SB–Canseco (32,3rd base off Tibbs/Kennedy).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:35.  A–22,136.
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