Oakland Athletics vs California Angels
April 18, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1991 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Oakland Athletics 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 1, California Angels 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 3 0 1 0
Henderson cf 4 0 2 0
Canseco dh 3 0 1 0
Baines rf 4 0 0 0
  Blankenship rf 0 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 4 0 1 0
Riles ss 4 1 1 1
Law 3b 4 0 0 0
Quirk c 3 0 0 0
Gallego 2b 3 0 0 0
Dressendorfer p 0 0 0 0
  Briscoe p 0 0 0 0
  Allison p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 4 1 2 1
Sojo 2b 5 0 1 0
Joyner 1b 3 1 2 1
Parker dh 5 0 1 0
Parrish c 4 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 3 2 1 1
Hill ss 3 2 1 0
Felix cf 3 1 1 3
Gallagher rf 2 0 1 1
Lewis p 0 0 0 0
  Harvey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 10 7
Oakland 010 000 000161
California 100 200 40x7100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Dressendorfer  L (1-1) 5.0 5 3 2 5 0
  Briscoe   1.2 1 2 2 3 1
  Allison   1.1 4 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
7
6
9
1
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Lewis  W (1-0) 7.0 5 1 1 2 4
  Harvey   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
6

  E–Wilson (2).  DP–Oakland 1, California 1.  2B–Oakland Canseco (2,off Lewis); McGwire (4,off Lewis), California Joyner (2,off Dressendorfer).  3B–California Felix (1,off Allison).  HR–Oakland Riles (1,2nd inning off Lewis 0 on, 0 out), California Gaetti (1,4th inning off Dressendorfer 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Wilson (1,2nd base off Lewis/Parrish); Polonia (6,2nd base off Dressendorfer/Quirk); Felix (3,2nd base off Dressendorfer/Quirk).  CS–Gallagher (1,2nd base by Dressendorfer/Quirk).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–(none), 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:42.  A–24,939.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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