New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics
May 16, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1989 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The New York Yankees defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 3, Oakland Athletics 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 1 1
Sax 2b 4 0 1 0
Mattingly 1b 4 0 1 0
Barfield rf 3 1 1 0
Balboni dh 4 1 2 2
Brookens 3b 3 0 0 0
Geren c 3 0 0 0
  Phelps ph 1 0 0 0
  Slaught c 0 0 0 0
Espinoza ss 4 0 0 0
Kelly cf 4 1 3 0
Parker p 0 0 0 0
  Righetti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 3 1 2 0
  Phillips ph 0 0 0 0
  Javier pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Henderson cf 3 0 1 1
Parker dh 4 0 1 1
McGwire 1b 4 0 1 0
Steinbach rf 4 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 0 1 0
Hassey c 3 0 0 0
Weiss ss 2 1 0 0
Gallego 2b 3 0 0 0
Young p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 2
New York 000 010 020390
Oakland 100 000 010260
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Parker  W (1-0) 7.0 6 2 2 1 3
  Righetti  SV (6) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Young  L (1-4) 7.2 8 3 3 3 4
  Nelson   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
4
5

  E–None.  DP–New York 2, Oakland 1.  2B–New York Kelly (7,off C Young), Oakland Lansford (11,off Parker).  HR–New York Balboni (4,8th inning off C Young 1 on, 2 out).  SF–D Henderson (3,off Righetti).  CS–Kelly (3,2nd base by Honeycutt/Hassey).  SB–Weiss 2 (4,2nd base off Righetti/Slaught,3rd base off Righetti/Slaught).  WP–C Young (2).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–2:48.  A–25,852.
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