Oakland Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles
June 16, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 1989 at Memorial Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 7, Baltimore Orioles 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 5 0 0 0
Henderson cf 4 0 0 0
Parker dh 5 1 2 0
McGwire 1b 4 3 2 1
Hassey c 5 2 3 3
Phillips 3b 3 1 2 1
Javier rf 4 0 2 1
Hubbard 2b 3 0 1 1
Gallego ss 4 0 0 0
Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Burns p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 12 7
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 4 0 1 0
  Devereaux ph 1 0 0 0
Bradley lf 3 1 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 3 2 2
Tettleton c 4 0 2 0
Orsulak rf 3 0 0 0
Milligan 1b 1 0 0 0
  Traber 1b 2 0 1 1
Sheets dh 3 1 1 0
  Melvin ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Worthington 3b 4 0 1 0
Ripken 2b 4 0 1 1
Holton p 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 4
Oakland 000 320 2007121
Baltimore 200 100 1105100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Davis  W (5-3) 5.0 5 3 3 2 0
  Nelson   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Cadaret   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Burns   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Honeycutt  SV (6) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
1
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Holton  L (2-5) 5.0 9 5 5 1 0
  Thurmond   1.2 2 2 2 2 0
  Williamson   2.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
3
1

  E–Phillips (9).  DP–Oakland 5, Baltimore 1.  2B–Oakland Hubbard (4,off Holton); Javier (8,off Holton); Parker (14,off Holton), Baltimore Sheets (5,off Cadaret).  3B–Baltimore B Ripken (1,off Davis).  HR–Oakland McGwire (13,4th inning off Holton 0 on, 1 out); Hassey (4,7th inning off Thurmond 1 on, 2 out), Baltimore C Ripken (6,1st inning off Davis 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Hubbard (2,off Holton).  BK–Honeycutt (1).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Larry Young.  T–3:04.
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