Oakland Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles
May 16, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1986 at Memorial Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 8, Baltimore Orioles 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 2b,3b 5 2 5 4
Bochte 1b 5 0 0 0
Canseco rf 5 0 0 0
Kingman dh 5 1 3 1
Lansford 3b 4 0 1 1
  Hill 2b 1 0 0 0
Baker lf 4 1 1 0
  Peters lf 1 0 0 0
Davis cf 4 2 2 0
Griffin ss 4 2 2 2
Willard c 2 0 0 0
Haas p 0 0 0 0
  Mooneyham p 0 0 0 0
  Rijo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 14 8
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins 2b 5 0 2 1
Lacy rf 4 0 0 0
  Bonilla 3b 0 0 0 0
  Shelby ph 1 0 0 0
Lynn cf 4 0 1 0
Murray 1b 4 0 3 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 1 1 0
Sheets dh 4 2 2 2
Young lf 4 1 1 0
Rayford 3b 2 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph,rf 2 0 1 1
Dempsey c 2 0 0 0
  Stefero ph,c 2 0 0 0
Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Snell p 0 0 0 0
  Havens p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 11 4
Oakland 131 200 0108140
Baltimore 000 200 2004112
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Haas  W (7-1) 6.0 8 4 4 0 1
  Mooneyham   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Rijo   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
0
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Davis  L (3-2) 1.0 4 4 2 1 0
  Snell   6.0 7 3 3 0 6
  Havens   2.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
8
6
1
6

  E–Rayford (7), Davis (1).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Oakland Davis 2 (8,off Davis,off Snell); Phillips (5,off Snell); Kingman (1,off Snell), Baltimore Young (5,off Haas).  3B–Oakland Phillips (2,off Havens).  HR–Oakland Phillips (2,1st inning off Davis 0 on, 0 out), Baltimore Sheets (3,4th inning off Haas 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Willard (1,off Havens).  SB–Griffin (5,2nd base off Davis/Dempsey); Kingman (1,2nd base off Havens/Stefero).  CS–Phillips (4,2nd base by Snell/Dempsey).  WP–Snell (1).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–3:11.  A–24,896.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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