Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics
April 24, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 24, 1989 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Toronto Blue Jays 4, Oakland Athletics 5

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Moseby cf 5 0 0 0
Gruber 3b 5 1 2 0
  Lawless pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Whitt c 2 1 1 0
Bell lf 4 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 4 2 2 3
Barfield rf 4 0 1 0
Mulliniks dh 3 0 0 0
Liriano 2b 3 0 0 0
Lee ss 4 0 1 1
Key p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 3b 5 0 1 2
Beane rf 4 0 0 0
Henderson cf 4 2 3 0
Lansford 1b 4 0 1 0
Steinbach c 4 1 2 3
Parker dh 4 0 0 0
Blankenship lf 3 0 1 0
  Polonia ph 1 1 1 0
Gallego 2b 3 0 2 0
  Javier ph 0 1 0 0
Weiss ss 4 0 0 0
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
Toronto 012 000 100471
Oakland 000 001 0225113
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Key   8.0 9 3 3 0 10
  Henke  L (1-2) 0.1 2 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.1
11
5
5
1
10
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart   7.0 7 4 3 5 4
  Cadaret   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Nelson  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
6
5

  E–Liriano (2), Phillips (3), Steinbach (1), Gallego (3).  DP–Toronto 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Toronto Whitt (3,off Stewart), Oakland Polonia (2,off Henke); Phillips (5,off Henke).  HR–Toronto McGriff (5,3rd inning off Stewart 1 on, 2 out), Oakland Steinbach (1,8th inning off Key 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Whitt (1,off Nelson).  HBP–Barfield (1,by Stewart).  IBB–McGriff (1,by Nelson).  SB–Gruber (3,2nd base off Stewart/Steinbach).  WP–Stewart 2 (2).  HBP–Stewart (2,Barfield).  IBB–Nelson (1,McGriff).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:52.  A–25,099.
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