Los Angeles Dodgers vs Oakland Athletics
June 12, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 12, 1997 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Oakland Athletics 5

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 5 1 1 2
Guerrero 2b 3 0 0 1
Piazza dh 4 1 3 0
Zeile 3b 4 0 0 0
Mondesi rf 4 0 2 1
Karros 1b 4 0 1 0
Hollandsworth lf 4 0 0 0
Prince c 3 2 2 0
  Anthony ph 1 0 0 0
Gagne ss 4 0 1 0
Nomo p 0 0 0 0
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
  Osuna p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Mashore cf,rf 4 0 0 0
Bournigal ss 3 1 0 0
Berroa dh 3 1 1 0
McGwire 1b 3 1 0 0
Canseco rf 2 1 1 1
  McDonald pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Stairs lf 2 1 1 1
  Lennon ph,lf 2 0 2 2
Mayne c 2 0 0 0
  Williams ph,c 1 0 1 1
Brosius 3b 4 0 0 0
Bellhorn 2b 3 0 0 0
Telgheder p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
  Small p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 6 5
Los Angeles 000 011 2004100
Oakland 010 004 00x561
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Nomo  L (6-6) 5.1 1 5 5 5 8
  Guthrie   1.1 3 0 0 0 2
  Osuna   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
5
5
5
11
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Telgheder  W (2-3) 6.1 8 4 3 0 6
  Groom   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Small   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Taylor  SV (12) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
0
8

  E–Canseco (3).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Williams (6,off Guthrie).  3B–Los Angeles Butler (1,off Telgheder).  HR–Oakland Stairs (9,2nd inning off Nomo 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Guerrero (2,off Groom).  SH–Williams (1,off Osuna).  HBP–McGwire (2,by Nomo).  SB–Mondesi (11,3rd base off Telgheder/Mayne).  HBP–Nomo (5,McGwire).  U-HP–Ted Barrett, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–2:44.  A–28,201.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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