New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics
May 18, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1989 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 2, Oakland Athletics 6

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 1 1 2
Sax 2b 5 0 0 0
Mattingly rf 4 0 2 0
Phelps dh 2 0 0 0
Balboni 1b 3 0 0 0
Pagliarulo 3b 3 0 0 0
Slaught c 2 0 0 0
Tolleson ss 4 0 1 0
Kelly cf 4 1 2 0
John p 0 0 0 0
  Cary p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
  Guetterman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 2b 3 1 0 0
Lansford 3b 3 1 2 0
Henderson cf 5 1 2 1
McGwire 1b 2 2 1 0
Steinbach lf 4 0 2 2
Parker dh 3 1 1 2
  Blankenship pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Beane rf 3 0 0 0
  Javier ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Hassey c 4 0 0 0
Gallego ss 3 0 0 0
Welch p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Burns p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 8 5
New York 000 020 000260
Oakland 000 230 10x680
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
John  L (2-7) 4.1 7 5 5 2 0
  Cary   1.1 1 0 0 2 2
  Mohorcic   1.0 0 1 0 2 2
  Guetterman   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
6
5
7
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Welch  W (6-2) 5.0 6 2 2 4 5
  Plunk   1.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Cadaret   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Burns  SV (2) 2.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
7
6

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 2.  PB–Slaught (1).  2B–New York Mattingly (9,off Welch), Oakland McGwire (4,off John).  HR–New York Henderson (3,5th inning off Welch 1 on, 0 out), Oakland Parker (4,4th inning off John 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Phillips (3,by John).  IBB–Lansford (1,by Cary); Parker (2,by Mohorcic).  SB–Henderson (18,2nd base off Plunk/Hassey); Gallego (5,2nd base off Cary/Slaught); McGwire (1,2nd base off Mohorcic/Slaught).  CS–Lansford (3,2nd base by John/Slaught).  WP–John (3).  HBP–John (3,Phillips).  IBB–Cary (1,Lansford); Mohorcic (1,Parker).  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–3:10.  A–40,758.
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