Milwaukee Brewers vs Oakland Athletics
October 1, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 1, 1988 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Milwaukee Brewers 8, Oakland Athletics 3

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Molitor 3b 3 2 1 0
Gantner 2b 4 1 1 0
Yount cf 5 0 1 1
Deer rf 5 2 2 0
Brock 1b 5 0 2 1
Leonard lf 5 1 3 2
Meyer dh 3 0 1 1
  Felder pr,dh 2 1 1 0
Surhoff c 4 0 0 0
Sheffield ss 4 1 2 3
Higuera p 0 0 0 0
  Crim p 0 0 0 0
  Bosio p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 14 8
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Lansford 3b 5 0 0 0
Henderson cf 3 1 1 0
  Jennings ph 1 0 0 0
Canseco rf 1 0 0 0
  Javier pr,rf 2 1 2 0
McGwire 1b 5 1 2 3
Steinbach lf 5 0 3 0
Baylor dh 5 0 0 0
Phillips 2b 4 0 2 0
Hassey c 3 0 0 0
Gallego ss 2 0 0 0
  Polonia ph 1 0 1 0
  Weiss ss 0 0 0 0
Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 11 3
Milwaukee 010 113 0028140
Oakland 000 002 1003110
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Higuera  W (16-9) 6.2 8 3 3 2 5
  Crim   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Bosio  SV (6) 1.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
3
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Davis  L (16-7) 6.0 11 6 6 1 3
  Nelson   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Cadaret   1.0 2 2 2 2 0
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Milwaukee Brock (16,off Davis); Leonard (19,off Davis), Oakland Javier (13,off Higuera); Steinbach (19,off Bosio).  HR–Milwaukee Sheffield (4,6th inning off Davis 2 on, 2 out), Oakland McGwire (32,6th inning off Higuera 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Canseco 2 (10,by Higuera 2).  SB–Felder (8,2nd base off Nelson/Hassey).  HBP–Higuera 2 (6,Canseco 2).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:47.  A–30,798.
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