Oakland Athletics vs New York Yankees
September 2, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1998 at Yankee Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 2, New York Yankees 0

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
McDonald lf,rf 3 0 1 0
Christenson cf 4 2 2 1
Giambi 1b 4 0 1 0
Stairs dh 4 0 0 1
Grieve rf 4 0 1 0
  Roberts pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Spiezio 2b 0 0 0 0
  Bournigal 2b 2 0 0 0
Sprague 3b 4 0 0 0
Tejada ss 4 0 1 0
Hinch c 3 0 0 0
Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 4 0 0 0
Jeter ss 4 0 2 0
O'Neill rf 4 0 0 0
Williams cf 4 0 2 0
Martinez 1b 4 0 1 0
Strawberry dh 3 0 0 0
Raines lf 3 0 0 0
Brosius 3b 3 0 1 0
Girardi c 2 0 0 0
  Posada ph,c 1 0 0 0
Cone p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 6 0
Oakland 100 000 010260
New York 000 000 000060
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Heredia  W (3-0) 7.2 5 0 0 0 5
  Mathews   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Taylor  SV (29) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
0
5
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Cone  L (18-5) 7.0 4 1 1 2 10
  Stanton   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
  Rivera   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
12

  E–None.  2B–New York Williams (28,off Heredia); Brosius (27,off Heredia).  HR–Oakland Christenson (5,8th inning off Stanton 0 on, 1 out).  SB–McDonald (9,2nd base off Cone/Girardi).  U-HP–Ed Hickox, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Jim Joyce, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:57.  A–30,332.
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