Oakland Athletics vs New York Yankees
May 26, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1989 at Yankee Stadium. 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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Oakland Athletics 4, New York Yankees 0

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 5 0 1 0
Henderson cf 5 0 1 0
Parker dh 5 1 1 0
McGwire 1b 3 1 2 0
Steinbach rf 4 0 1 0
Lansford 3b 4 0 1 0
Hassey c 4 1 3 1
Phillips 2b 4 1 2 1
Gallego ss 4 0 1 1
Burns p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 13 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 0 1 0
Sax 2b 3 0 0 0
Mattingly 1b 3 0 0 0
Phelps dh 2 0 0 0
  Tolleson ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Barfield rf 3 0 0 0
Pagliarulo 3b 3 0 0 0
Slaught c 3 0 0 0
Espinoza ss 3 0 0 0
Brower cf 3 0 0 0
Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Cary p 0 0 0 0
  McCullers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 0 1 0
Oakland 000 200 2004130
New York 000 000 000011
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Burns  W (4-0) 6.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Honeycutt   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Plunk   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
1
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Hawkins  L (4-6) 6.1 12 4 4 0 0
  Cary   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  McCullers   2.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
4
4
1
3

  E–Cary (1).  DP–Oakland 1, New York 2.  2B–Oakland Hassey (5,off Hawkins); Polonia (4,off Hawkins); Phillips (7,off Hawkins).  IBB–McGwire (1,by Cary).  CS–Lansford (5,2nd base by Hawkins/Slaught).  IBB–Cary (3,McGwire).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Terry Craft.  T–2:30.  A–28,726.
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