Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
July 20, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1989 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 2, Oakland Athletics 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Finley cf 4 1 1 0
Devereaux rf 4 1 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 0 2 0
Tettleton c 3 0 1 0
Orsulak lf 3 0 0 1
  Bradley ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Milligan 1b 4 0 1 1
Sheets dh 4 0 0 0
Worthington 3b 3 0 0 0
Ripken 2b 2 0 1 0
Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. lf 3 2 2 0
Lansford 3b 4 1 3 1
Parker dh 2 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 3 0 0 0
Henderson D. cf 4 1 2 2
Canseco rf 4 1 3 1
Steinbach c 4 0 1 0
Phillips 2b 4 0 0 0
Gallego ss 4 0 0 1
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 11 5
Baltimore 000 002 000273
Oakland 001 200 20x5112
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt  L (8-9) 6.0 9 4 4 3 0
  Williamson   2.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
4
0
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  W (14-5) 7.0 7 2 2 2 6
  Honeycutt   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Eckersley  SV (15) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
9

  E–Devereaux (4), Schmidt 2 (3), Phillips (10), Gallego (14).  DP–Baltimore 2, Oakland 1.  2B–Baltimore B Ripken (10,off Stewart), Oakland D Henderson (11,off Schmidt).  SH–B Ripken (14,off Stewart).  IBB–McGwire (5,by Williamson).  SB–Lansford (16,2nd base off Schmidt/Tettleton).  CS–Gallego (3,2nd base by Schmidt/Tettleton).  IBB–Williamson (4,McGwire).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–2:54.  A–30,697.
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