Oakland Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays
June 16, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 1983 at Exhibition Stadium. 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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Oakland Athletics 1, Toronto Blue Jays 9

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Almon ss 4 0 0 0
Davis rf,cf 4 0 2 0
Murphy cf 2 0 1 0
  Meyer rf 1 0 1 0
Burroughs dh 4 0 2 0
Lansford 3b 4 0 0 0
Gross 1b 4 1 2 1
Hancock lf 3 0 0 0
  Page lf 1 0 0 0
Heath c 3 0 0 0
  Cias c 1 0 0 0
Phillips 2b 3 0 1 0
McCatty p 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Baker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 9 1
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Mulliniks 3b 3 0 0 0
Iorg 2b 4 0 1 0
Upshaw 1b 4 1 1 1
Orta dh 2 1 1 0
  Johnson ph,dh 1 1 0 0
Moseby cf 4 1 1 0
Whitt c 3 2 1 2
Bonnell lf 4 1 2 3
Powell rf 3 1 1 1
  Barfield ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Griffin ss 4 1 2 2
Gott p 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 10 9
Oakland 000 000 001190
Toronto 020 016 00x9100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McCatty  L (1-1) 5.0 4 3 3 1 1
  Underwood   0.0 2 3 3 1 0
  Jones   1.0 3 3 3 2 1
  Burgmeier   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Baker   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 10 9 9 4 3
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Gott  W (4-5) 8.1 9 1 1 1 7
  McLaughlin   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 9.0 9 1 1 1 8

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1, Toronto 1.  2B–Oakland Meyer (3,off Gott), Toronto Moseby (9,off Underwood).  3B–Toronto Bonnell 2 (2,off Jones,off Burgmeier); Griffin (5,off Jones).  HR–Oakland Gross (9,9th inning off Gott 0 on, 1 out), Toronto Whitt (6,2nd inning off McCatty 1 on, 1 out); Griffin (2,5th inning off McCatty 0 on, 1 out); Upshaw (11,6th inning off Underwood 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Iorg (1,by Jones).  IBB–Whitt (1,by Jones).  WP–McCatty (2).  HBP–Jones (1,Iorg).  IBB–Jones (1,Whitt).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:27.  A–18,186.

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