Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
August 9, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1990 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."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 2, Oakland Athletics 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Gallagher cf 2 0 1 1
  Anderson ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Finley rf 4 0 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 0 1 0
Horn 1b 5 0 0 0
Tettleton dh 3 1 0 0
Orsulak lf 4 0 0 0
Worthington 3b 2 0 1 0
Melvin c 4 1 3 1
McKnight 2b 3 0 1 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
  Schilling p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Lansford 3b 3 0 0 0
Jennings lf 4 1 1 0
Canseco dh 3 2 1 0
Henderson cf 4 1 2 3
McGwire 1b 3 0 0 1
Jose rf 3 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 1 1 0
Weiss ss 2 0 0 0
Gallego 2b 2 0 0 0
Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Burns p 0 0 0 0
  Klink p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 5 4
Baltimore 010 010 000282
Oakland 210 002 00x551
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L (11-7) 6.0 5 5 4 2 5
  Price   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Schilling   1.1 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
8.0
5
5
4
4
8
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Moore  W (10-10) 5.2 6 2 2 4 2
  Burns   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Klink   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Nelson   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Eckersley  SV (37) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
6
5

  E–Gallagher (2), Horn (1), Weiss (11).  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–Baltimore McKnight (1,off Moore), Oakland J Canseco (8,off Johnson); D Henderson (26,off Johnson); Steinbach (12,off Johnson).  HR–Oakland D Henderson (19,6th inning off Johnson 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Gallagher (1,off Moore); McGwire (7,off Johnson).  SH–Gallego (9,off Price).  IBB–Lansford (1,by Price).  SB–Finley (14,2nd base off Moore/Steinbach).  WP–Burns (5).  IBB–Price (2,Lansford).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–2:56.  A–28,008.
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