New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics
May 15, 1982 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1982 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Yankees 3, Oakland Athletics 7

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Griffey cf 4 0 0 0
Murcer dh 4 0 1 0
Winfield lf 4 0 1 0
Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0
Gamble rf 4 1 1 1
Smalley 3b 3 1 1 0
Wynegar c 3 1 2 2
Dent ss 2 0 0 0
  Hobson ph 1 0 0 0
Robertson 2b 3 0 0 0
  Balboni ph 1 0 0 0
May p 0 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 1 2 0
Murphy cf 3 2 1 1
Johnson dh 3 1 2 0
Rudi rf 3 0 0 0
  Meyer ph,rf 1 0 0 1
Newman c 4 1 1 1
Lopes 2b 3 1 2 0
Moore 1b 4 0 1 2
Phillips ss 4 0 0 0
Sexton 3b 4 1 1 1
Langford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 10 6
New York 000 000 300361
Oakland 410 000 20x7102
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
May  L (0-2) 6.1 9 7 4 2 9
  Frazier   1.2 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
10
7
4
3
11
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  W (3-5) 9.0 6 3 3 3 6
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
3
6

  E–Dent (7), Moore (1), Langford (1).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Henderson (6,off May).  HR–New York Gamble (2,7th inning off Langford 0 on, 0 out); Wynegar (2,7th inning off Langford 1 on, 0 out), Oakland Murphy (8,1st inning off May 0 on, 1 out); Sexton (1,2nd inning off May 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Lopes (12,2nd base off May/Wynegar); Henderson (36,3rd base off Frazier/Wynegar); Murphy (7,2nd base off Frazier/Wynegar).  CS–Moore (1,2nd base by May/Wynegar).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–2:47.  A–43,113.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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