Oakland Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
September 12, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1986 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Oakland Athletics 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

Oakland Athletics 3, Cleveland Indians 9

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 0 0 0
  Sakata 2b 0 0 0 0
Lansford 1b 4 1 1 0
Canseco lf 4 1 1 1
Kingman dh 3 0 0 0
Baker rf 4 0 1 1
McGwire 3b 4 0 1 0
Tettleton c 1 0 0 0
  Steinbach c 2 1 1 1
Gallego 2b,ss 3 0 0 0
  Nelson ph 1 0 1 0
Javier cf 4 0 0 0
Krueger p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 6 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Nixon lf 3 2 1 0
Butler cf 5 0 2 2
Franco 2b 3 1 0 0
Carter rf 4 4 3 1
Snyder ss 4 0 2 2
Tabler 1b 4 1 1 1
Jacoby 3b 3 1 1 1
Castillo dh 4 0 1 1
Allanson c 4 0 0 0
Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Wills p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 11 8
Oakland 100 001 100361
Cleveland 013 220 10x9112
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Krueger  L (1-2) 3.2 7 6 5 3 1
  Plunk   4.1 4 3 3 3 4
Totals
8.0
11
9
8
6
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Swindell  W (2-1) 7.0 4 3 2 2 3
  Wills   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
2
5

  E–Canseco (11), Snyder (8), Jacoby (20).  DP–Cleveland 2.  2B–Cleveland Snyder 2 (15,off Krueger 2); Carter 2 (32,off Krueger,off Plunk); Castillo (8,off Plunk).  3B–Cleveland Butler (11,off Krueger).  HR–Oakland Canseco (31,1st inning off Swindell 0 on, 2 out); Steinbach (1,7th inning off Swindell 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Lansford (11,2nd base off Swindell/Allanson); Nixon (19,2nd base off Krueger/Tettleton); Carter 2 (23,3rd base off Plunk/Tettleton,2nd base off Plunk/Steinbach); Tabler (3,2nd base off Plunk/Tettleton).  CS–Butler (13,2nd base by Krueger/Tettleton).  WP–Krueger (3), Plunk (9).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–2:49.  A–11,019.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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