New York Yankees vs Baltimore Orioles
September 29, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 29, 1988 at Memorial Stadium. The New York Yankees 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)
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New York Yankees 5, Baltimore Orioles 1

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 1 1 0
Washington cf 4 0 0 0
Mattingly 1b 3 1 1 1
Clark rf 3 2 2 1
Phelps dh 3 1 2 2
Randolph 2b 5 0 0 0
Santana ss 4 0 1 1
Skinner c 4 0 2 0
Tolleson 3b 3 0 1 0
Dotson p 0 0 0 0
  Shields p 0 0 0 0
  Righetti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 5
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Orsulak rf 4 0 0 0
Anderson cf 4 0 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 1 2 1
Murray dh 4 0 0 0
Kennedy c 4 0 0 0
Traber 1b 4 0 0 0
Gerhart lf 2 0 1 0
  Stanicek ph 1 0 1 0
Worthington 3b 3 0 1 0
  Hughes ph 1 0 0 0
Gonzales 2b 3 0 1 0
Williamson p 0 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
  Aase p 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
New York 000 201 1015100
Baltimore 000 001 000170
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Dotson  W (12-9) 7.0 5 1 1 3 6
  Shields   1.2 2 0 0 1 1
  Righetti  SV (25) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
4
7
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Williamson  L (5-8) 5.2 5 3 3 4 2
  Olson   1.1 1 1 1 3 1
  Aase   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Thurmond   0.1 3 1 1 0 1
  Sisk   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
8
5

  E–None.  DP–New York 1, Baltimore 3.  2B–Baltimore Anderson (13,off Dotson); Stanicek (7,off Shields).  HR–New York Phelps (23,4th inning off Williamson 1 on, 2 out); Mattingly (18,9th inning off Thurmond 0 on, 1 out), Baltimore C Ripken (23,6th inning off Dotson 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Phelps (5,by Williamson); Mattingly (14,by Olson).  SB–Clark (3,2nd base off Williamson/Kennedy); Henderson 2 (92,2nd base off Olson/Kennedy,3rd base off Olson/Kennedy); Washington (15,2nd base off Olson/Kennedy); Gerhart (7,2nd base off Dotson/Skinner).  IBB–Williamson (8,Phelps); Olson (1,Mattingly).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Larry Young, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–3:07.  A–38,958.
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