Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
September 9, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 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 6, Oakland Athletics 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 3 2 1 3
  Reboulet 2b 1 0 0 0
Anderson cf 3 1 1 1
Baines dh 3 0 0 1
  Davis ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 0 3 1
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 0 1 0
Greene W. rf 3 0 0 0
  Becker rf 1 0 0 0
Surhoff lf 4 1 2 0
Bordick ss 4 1 1 0
Greene C. c 3 1 1 0
Guzman p 0 0 0 0
  Key p 0 0 0 0
  Mills p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 10 6
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
McDonald lf 3 0 0 0
Christenson cf 3 0 2 1
Giambi 1b 4 1 1 0
Stairs dh 5 0 0 0
Grieve rf 3 0 1 1
Spiezio 2b 4 0 1 0
Chavez 3b 4 0 1 0
Tejada ss 4 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 3 1 1 0
Haynes p 0 0 0 0
  Mohler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Baltimore 100 023 0006101
Oakland 001 010 000270
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Guzman  W (10-14) 5.0 6 2 2 4 2
  Key   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Mills   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Orosco   1.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
6
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Haynes  L (10-8) 5.2 9 6 6 3 4
  Mohler   3.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
3
6

  E–Guzman (4).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Oakland Macfarlane (11,off Guzman); Christenson (16,off Guzman).  HR–Baltimore Anderson (16,1st inning off Haynes 0 on, 1 out); Alomar (13,6th inning off Haynes 2 on, 2 out).  SH–C Greene (1,off Haynes).  SF–Baines (2,off Haynes).  HBP–Giambi (4,by Key).  SB–Palmeiro (10,2nd base off Haynes/Macfarlane).  CS–Surhoff (6,2nd base by Haynes/Macfarlane).  WP–Guzman 2 (11), Haynes (9).  HBP–Key (3,Giambi).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Terry Craft.  T–2:55.  A–9,015.
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