Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
August 8, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 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 4, Oakland Athletics 1

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Finley rf 5 0 1 0
Anderson cf 3 0 1 2
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 0 2 0
Horn 1b 4 0 0 0
  Tettleton ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Kittle dh 5 1 1 0
Orsulak lf 4 1 2 0
Hulett 3b 3 0 0 0
Melvin c 4 1 2 2
McKnight 2b 1 1 0 0
  Gonzales 2b 1 0 0 0
McDonald p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
  Ballard p 0 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Jennings lf 4 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 3 1 1 0
Canseco dh 4 0 2 0
Henderson cf 4 0 1 1
McGwire 1b 3 0 0 0
Jose rf 4 0 0 0
Steinbach c 3 0 1 0
Weiss ss 2 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 3 0 0 0
Sanderson p 0 0 0 0
  Klink p 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
Baltimore 000 310 000490
Oakland 000 001 000150
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McDonald  W (4-0) 5.1 4 1 1 2 3
  Williamson   0.2 0 0 0 2 0
  Ballard   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Olson  SV (26) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
4
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Sanderson  L (11-7) 4.1 7 4 4 6 1
  Klink   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Harris   2.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Nelson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
7
5

  E–None.  TP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Orsulak (14,off Sanderson); Anderson (4,off Sanderson); Kittle (16,off Sanderson), Oakland J Canseco (7,off Olson).  SH–Hulett (1,off Sanderson).  IBB–Orsulak (8,by Sanderson).  SB–Finley (13,2nd base off Harris/Steinbach).  IBB–Sanderson (2,Orsulak).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–3:05.  A–30,739.
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