Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
May 22, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 1998 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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Baltimore Orioles 5, Oakland Athletics 9

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 5 1 2 0
Hammonds rf 5 1 2 0
Palmeiro 1b 5 1 1 3
Baines dh 3 0 1 0
  Carter ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Surhoff lf 5 1 2 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 5 1 3 0
Hoiles c 1 0 0 0
  Webster c 2 0 0 0
Reboulet 2b 1 0 0 0
  Alomar ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Bordick ss 4 0 1 1
Kamieniecki p 0 0 0 0
  Ponson p 0 0 0 0
  Charlton p 0 0 0 0
  Mills p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 12 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 2 1 1 0
Abbott ss 4 1 1 0
  Bournigal ss 0 0 0 1
Grieve rf 4 1 1 1
Stairs dh 4 0 0 0
Giambi 1b 3 2 1 1
  Voigt 1b 0 0 0 0
Spiezio 2b 4 2 2 1
Blowers 3b 4 1 2 3
McDonald cf 3 1 1 2
Hinch c 4 0 1 0
Candiotti p 0 0 0 0
  Small p 0 0 0 0
  Mohler p 0 0 0 0
  Fetters p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 9 10 9
Baltimore 020 030 0005120
Oakland 403 000 11x9100
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Kamieniecki  L (2-2) 3.0 6 7 7 3 2
  Ponson   3.1 3 1 1 0 3
  Charlton   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Mills   0.2 1 1 1 2 1
  Orosco   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
9
9
5
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Candiotti  W (4-4) 5.0 9 5 5 3 2
  Small   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Mohler   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Fetters   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Groom   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
4
4

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Baltimore Ripken (7,off Candiotti); Hammonds (8,off Candiotti), Oakland Abbott (6,off Kamieniecki); Blowers 2 (8,off Kamieniecki 2); McDonald (5,off Kamieniecki).  HR–Baltimore Palmeiro (10,5th inning off Candiotti 2 on, 0 out), Oakland Grieve (7,7th inning off Ponson 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Bournigal (1,off Mills).  HBP–Grieve (6,by Kamieniecki).  SB–Henderson (16,2nd base off Kamieniecki/Hoiles); McDonald (7,3rd base off Kamieniecki/Webster).  WP–Candiotti (4).  HBP–Kamieniecki (2,Grieve).  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–3:16.  A–11,035.
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