Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
May 23, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1998 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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Baltimore Orioles 9, Oakland Athletics 1

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 4 1 1 1
Hammonds rf 5 3 2 4
Baines dh 5 0 1 2
Palmeiro 1b 5 0 2 1
Alomar 2b 4 1 0 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 1 1 0
  Reboulet 3b 1 0 0 0
Surhoff lf 3 1 1 1
Webster c 4 1 1 0
Bordick ss 4 1 2 0
Drabek p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 11 9
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 2 0 0 0
  Bellhorn ss 1 0 0 0
Abbott ss,lf 4 0 1 0
Grieve rf 4 0 1 0
Stairs dh 4 0 0 0
Giambi 1b 3 0 0 0
Blowers 3b 3 0 0 0
Spiezio 2b 3 1 1 0
McDonald cf 0 0 0 0
  Voigt cf 3 0 1 1
Macfarlane c 3 0 0 0
Haynes p 0 0 0 0
  Telgheder p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Baltimore 100 602 0009111
Oakland 000 000 010140
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek  W (4-5) 9.0 4 1 1 0 9
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
0
9
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Haynes  L (3-2) 3.1 7 7 7 3 2
  Telgheder   4.2 3 2 0 0 1
  Mathews   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
9
7
3
4

  E–Anderson (2).  DP–Baltimore 1.  PB–Macfarlane (1).  2B–Baltimore Palmeiro 2 (12,off Haynes,off Mathews); Anderson (3,off Haynes); Baines (8,off Telgheder); Bordick (8,off Telgheder), Oakland Voigt (3,off Drabek).  HR–Baltimore Hammonds (5,4th inning off Haynes 3 on, 1 out).  HBP–Bellhorn (1,by Drabek).  SB–Hammonds (7,2nd base off Haynes/Macfarlane).  HBP–Drabek (4,Bellhorn).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Gary Cederstrom.  T–2:32.  A–26,419.
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