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 Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 1, Baltimore Orioles 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 3 0 1 0
  Gallego ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Henderson cf 3 0 1 1
  Quirk rf 0 0 0 0
  Hubbard ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Parker dh 4 0 2 0
McGwire 1b 4 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 0 2 0
Lansford 3b 4 0 0 0
Phillips ss,lf 2 0 0 0
Javier rf,cf 2 0 0 0
Blankenship 2b,rf 3 1 1 0
Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 7 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 4 1 1 0
Finley rf 4 2 2 1
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 0 1 0
Tettleton dh 3 1 1 1
Orsulak lf 4 1 2 2
  Devereaux lf 0 0 0 0
Traber 1b 3 0 1 1
Melvin c 4 0 0 0
Worthington 3b 4 0 1 0
Gonzales 2b 3 0 0 0
Tibbs p 0 0 0 0
  Hickey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
Oakland 001 000 000172
Baltimore 010 220 00x590
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Moore  L (8-5) 7.0 8 5 5 0 3
  Plunk   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
1
3
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Tibbs  W (3-0) 7.0 6 1 1 2 6
  Hickey   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
8

  E–Steinbach (6), Lansford (5).  DP–Baltimore 3.  2B–Oakland Parker (15,off Tibbs), Baltimore Finley (3,off Moore).  3B–Baltimore Tettleton (1,off Moore); Orsulak (2,off Plunk).  SF–Tettleton (2,off Moore).  SB–Orsulak (4,2nd base off Moore/Steinbach); Anderson (15,2nd base off Moore/Steinbach); Traber (3,2nd base off Plunk/Steinbach).  WP–Tibbs 2 (2).  BK–Tibbs (1).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Larry Young.  T–2:43.  A–40,707.
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