Milwaukee Brewers vs Oakland Athletics
May 12, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1989 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Milwaukee Brewers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Brewers 4, Oakland Athletics 5

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Molitor dh 5 1 3 0
Sheffield ss 5 1 1 0
Yount cf 5 0 0 0
Deer rf 3 1 1 3
Surhoff c 3 0 2 0
Braggs lf 3 0 0 0
Gantner 2b 3 1 1 0
Engle 1b 2 0 0 0
  Francona pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Spiers 3b 4 0 2 1
Birkbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Krueger p 0 0 0 0
  Crim p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 10 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 4 0 0 0
  Beane ph 1 1 1 0
Henderson cf 4 2 2 2
Parker dh 4 1 2 0
McGwire 1b 3 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 0 1 2
Lansford 3b 4 1 3 0
Javier rf 4 0 1 0
Weiss ss 4 0 1 0
Gallego 2b 3 0 0 0
Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Burns p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 11 4
Milwaukee 300 001 0004102
Oakland 200 100 0025112
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Birkbeck   6.1 8 3 2 2 3
  Krueger   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Crim   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Plesac  L (1-2) 0.2 2 2 2 0 2
Totals
8.1
11
5
4
2
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Davis   5.0 6 3 3 3 1
  Burns  W (2-0) 4.0 4 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
4
2

  E–Birkbeck 2 (3), Steinbach (2), Lansford (3).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Milwaukee Molitor (4,off Davis); Spiers (1,off Burns), Oakland Beane (4,off Plesac).  HR–Milwaukee Deer (7,1st inning off Davis 2 on, 1 out), Oakland D Henderson (6,9th inning off Plesac 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Engle (1,off Burns).  HBP–D Henderson (3,by Birkbeck).  CS–Deer (6,Home by Davis/Steinbach); Surhoff (2,2nd base by Burns/Steinbach).  HBP–Birkbeck (2,D Henderson).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–Drew Coble.  T–2:43.  A–30,743.
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