Oakland Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
May 16, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1990 at Cleveland Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 7, Cleveland Indians 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. lf 3 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 1 1 1
Canseco rf 5 2 2 1
McGwire 1b 4 2 3 3
Hassey c 3 1 1 1
  Blankenship ph 1 0 0 0
  Quirk c 1 0 0 0
Henderson D. cf 4 0 2 1
Steinbach dh 4 0 0 0
Weiss ss 4 1 1 0
Randolph 2b 4 0 2 0
Welch p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 12 7
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Browne 2b 5 3 2 0
Webster cf 3 0 1 0
James D. lf 2 1 0 0
  Snyder rf 1 0 0 0
Maldonado rf,lf 3 1 2 4
Jacoby 3b 3 1 1 2
James C. dh 4 0 2 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0
Skinner c 3 0 0 0
Fermin ss 4 0 0 0
Shaw p 0 0 0 0
  Valdez p 0 0 0 0
  Guante p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 6
Oakland 000 301 1027121
Cleveland 013 010 100690
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Welch   7.0 7 6 3 4 1
  Eckersley  W (2-0) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
3
4
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Shaw   4.1 5 3 3 1 0
  Valdez   1.2 4 2 2 0 1
  Guante   0.2 0 0 0 2 0
  Orosco   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Jones  L (0-1) 1.0 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
3
2

  E–Randolph (1).  DP–Oakland 2, Cleveland 1.  2B–Oakland D Henderson (4,off Shaw); McGwire (1,off S Valdez), Cleveland C James (3,off Welch).  HR–Oakland J Canseco (13,4th inning off Shaw 0 on, 1 out); McGwire 2 (11,4th inning off Shaw 0 on, 1 out,9th inning off Jones 1 on, 2 out); Hassey (2,4th inning off Shaw 0 on, 1 out), Cleveland Jacoby (4,2nd inning off Welch 0 on, 0 out); Maldonado (8,3rd inning off Welch 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Lansford (1,off Guante); Jacoby (2,off Welch).  IBB–McGwire (2,by Guante); Maldonado (1,by Welch).  SH–D James (1,off Welch); Webster (2,off Welch).  IBB–Welch (1,Maldonado); Guante (1,McGwire).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:41.  A–10,706.
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