Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
April 26, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1989 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics 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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Baltimore Orioles 2, Oakland Athletics 1

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 3 0 0 0
  Devereaux ph,rf 0 0 0 1
Bradley lf 4 0 1 0
Finley rf,cf 4 0 1 1
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 0 0 0
Sheets dh 4 0 1 0
Tettleton c 4 0 0 0
Traber 1b 1 0 0 0
  Milligan pr,1b 1 1 0 0
Worthington 3b 2 0 0 0
  Orsulak ph 0 1 0 0
  Gonzales 3b 1 0 0 0
Ripken 2b 3 0 1 0
Bautista p 0 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 4 0 0 1
Parker dh 4 0 1 0
Henderson cf 3 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 4 0 0 0
Hassey c 3 0 2 0
Lansford 3b 3 0 0 0
Javier rf 3 0 0 0
Weiss ss 2 1 1 0
Gallego 2b 3 0 1 0
Welch p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1
Baltimore 000 000 020240
Oakland 001 000 000150
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Bautista  W (2-2) 7.0 5 1 1 2 0
  Olson  SV (2) 2.0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Welch  L (3-2) 7.0 3 2 2 3 3
  Cadaret   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Nelson   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
4
5

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 2.  2B–Baltimore Sheets (2,off Welch), Oakland Weiss (4,off Bautista); Hassey (4,off Bautista).  3B–Baltimore Bradley (4,off Welch).  SB–Polonia (7,2nd base off Bautista/Tettleton).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:18.  A–17,060.
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