New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics
May 8, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1990 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."

"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)
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New York Yankees 0, Oakland Athletics 5

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 4 0 1 0
Kelly cf 4 0 0 0
Mattingly 1b 4 0 1 0
Hall dh 4 0 2 0
Washington lf 4 0 0 0
Barfield rf 4 0 0 0
Cerone c 3 0 1 0
Blowers 3b 3 0 0 0
Velarde ss 3 0 1 0
Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  McCullers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 6 0
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. lf 3 0 0 0
  Jose ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 1 0 0
Canseco dh 3 2 1 0
McGwire 1b 4 2 2 2
Henderson D. cf 2 0 1 1
Steinbach c 3 0 1 1
Blankenship rf 2 0 1 0
  Javier ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Weiss ss 3 0 0 0
Gallego 2b 3 0 2 0
Sanderson p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 8 4
New York 000 000 000061
Oakland 200 010 20x581
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Cadaret  L (1-2) 5.2 6 3 3 5 3
  McCullers   2.1 2 2 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
8
5
3
7
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Sanderson  W (4-1) 6.1 6 0 0 0 5
  Nelson  SV (2) 2.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
0
7

  E–Kelly (1), Nelson (1).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–New York Hall 2 (6,off Sanderson 2), Oakland J Canseco (1,off Cadaret); D Henderson (3,off Cadaret); Gallego (3,off McCullers).  SH–R Henderson (1,off Cadaret); Weiss (3,off Cadaret).  CS–Blankenship (1,2nd base by Cadaret/Cerone); Gallego (2,2nd base by McCullers/Cerone).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:39.  A–28,143.
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