Oakland Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays
August 8, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1998 at Skydome. The Toronto Blue Jays 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

Oakland Athletics 5, Toronto Blue Jays 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 2 1 0
McDonald cf,rf 4 1 0 0
Grieve rf 3 1 2 2
  Christenson pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Stairs dh 4 0 0 1
Giambi 1b 4 0 0 1
Spiezio 2b 4 0 1 0
Sprague 3b 3 1 1 0
Tejada ss 4 0 1 0
Macfarlane c 3 0 1 0
  Roberts ph 1 0 0 0
  Hinch c 0 0 0 0
Stein p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
  Fetters p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 7 4
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Stewart lf 3 1 1 0
Green rf 5 2 2 2
Canseco dh 4 2 2 1
Delgado 1b 5 0 2 1
Cruz, Jr. cf 3 1 1 0
Fletcher c 2 0 0 0
  Crespo ph 1 0 0 0
  Brown c 0 0 0 0
  Dalesandro ph 1 0 1 1
Fernandez 3b 3 0 1 1
Grebeck 2b 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 4 0 0 0
Hentgen p 0 0 0 0
  Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Sinclair p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Quantrill p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 10 6
Oakland 012 020 000 0571
Toronto 200 200 010 16101
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stein   4.0 7 4 4 2 3
  Worrell   3.0 0 0 0 1 4
  Mathews   0.2 0 1 0 0 0
  Groom   0.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Fetters  L (1-6) 1.1 2 1 1 3 1
Totals
9.1
10
6
5
7
9
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Hentgen   5.0 5 5 4 4 1
  Stieb   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Sinclair   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Quantrill   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Plesac  W (4-3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
7
5
4
5
1

  E–Tejada (20), Delgado (8).  DP–Toronto 2.  2B–Oakland Tejada (12,off Hentgen), Toronto Stewart (15,off Stein); Canseco (19,off Stein); Green (19,off Stein); Cruz (5,off Stein); Delgado 2 (34,off Groom,off Fetters).  HR–Oakland Grieve (15,3rd inning off Hentgen 1 on, 1 out), Toronto Green (21,1st inning off Stein 1 on, 0 out); Canseco (32,4th inning off Stein 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Giambi (5,off Hentgen).  HBP–Stairs (5,by Hentgen); McDonald (3,by Stieb).  SH–Grebeck (4,off Fetters).  IBB–Cruz 2 (3,by Groom,by Fetters).  SB–Henderson (47,2nd base off Hentgen/Fletcher).  CS–Tejada (5,2nd base by Stieb/Fletcher); Canseco (10,3rd base by Stein/Macfarlane); Stewart (12,2nd base by Stein/Macfarlane).  HBP–Hentgen (5,Stairs); Stieb (3,McDonald).  IBB–Groom (1,Cruz); Fetters (2,Cruz).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Ed Hickox, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–3:16.  A–31,330.
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