New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics
August 4, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1998 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The New York Yankees defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Yankees 10, Oakland Athletics 5

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 5 1 1 0
Jeter ss 5 0 1 2
O'Neill rf 4 1 1 1
Williams dh 5 1 1 0
Martinez 1b 5 2 2 2
Raines lf 5 1 4 0
  Spencer pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Curtis cf 5 1 3 1
Girardi c 3 0 0 0
  Strawberry ph 2 1 1 4
  Brosius 3b 0 0 0 0
Sojo 3b 3 1 2 0
  Posada ph,c 1 0 0 0
Buddie p 0 0 0 0
  Lloyd p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 10 16 10
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
McDonald lf,rf 3 1 0 0
Christenson cf 5 1 1 1
Grieve rf 2 1 0 0
  Henderson lf 0 0 0 0
Stairs dh 4 1 2 1
Giambi 1b 4 0 1 2
  Sprague 3b 0 0 0 0
Spiezio 2b 4 1 1 0
Blowers 3b,1b 4 0 1 0
Bournigal ss 4 0 2 1
Hinch c 3 0 0 0
  Macfarlane ph 1 0 1 0
Rogers p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
New York 001 000 00910160
Oakland 500 000 000591
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Buddie   6.0 8 5 5 2 5
  Lloyd  W (2-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Rivera   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
3
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers   8.0 9 3 3 1 2
  Taylor  L (3-9) 0.2 3 4 1 0 0
  Worrell   0.0 4 3 3 0 0
  Groom   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
10
7
1
3

  E–Blowers (16).  DP–Oakland 1.  PB–Girardi (3).  2B–New York Sojo (2,off Rogers); Curtis (17,off Worrell), Oakland Christenson (13,off Buddie); Stairs (25,off Buddie); Giambi (24,off Buddie).  HBP–Grieve (9,by Buddie).  SB–McDonald (8,2nd base off Buddie/Girardi).  CS–Bournigal (1,2nd base by Buddie/Girardi).  BK–Rogers (2), Taylor (1).  HBP–Buddie (2,Grieve).  U-HP–Martin Foster, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Fieldin Culbreth.  T–3:09.  A–23,357.
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