Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
May 12, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1990 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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

Baltimore Orioles 3, Oakland Athletics 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bradley lf 4 0 1 0
Milligan 1b 3 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 2 3 2
Tettleton dh 4 0 0 0
Worthington 3b 4 0 2 0
Devereaux cf 4 0 0 0
Melvin c 2 1 1 0
Komminsk rf 3 0 1 1
Ripken 2b 2 0 0 0
  Anderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Gonzales 2b 0 0 0 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 8 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. dh 5 0 1 0
Lansford 3b 5 1 3 0
Canseco rf 5 1 2 2
McGwire 1b 2 0 0 0
Henderson D. cf 4 0 0 0
Jose lf 4 0 2 0
Steinbach c 3 0 1 0
Weiss ss 4 0 0 0
Gallego 2b 2 0 0 0
  Phelps ph 0 0 0 0
  Blankenship pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Young p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
Baltimore 010 001 001381
Oakland 000 020 000290
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   6.1 8 2 2 2 5
  Williamson  W (2-1) 1.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Olson  SV (7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
3
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Young   6.2 7 2 2 2 3
  Nelson  L (1-2) 2.1 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
5

  E–Milligan (3).  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–Baltimore Melvin (4,off Young); Komminsk (1,off Young).  HR–Baltimore C Ripken 2 (6,6th inning off Young 0 on, 2 out,9th inning off Nelson 0 on, 0 out), Oakland J Canseco (9,5th inning off Johnson 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Steinbach (2,off Williamson).  CS–Bradley (3,2nd base by Young/Steinbach).  U-HP–Drew Coble, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:57.  A–40,958.
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