Oakland Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
June 27, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 27, 1987 at Cleveland Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 13, Cleveland Indians 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia cf 4 1 2 1
  Murphy ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Davis rf 5 0 2 0
  Javier rf 0 0 0 0
Canseco lf 5 3 3 1
McGwire 1b 5 5 4 5
Lansford 3b 5 1 1 2
Jackson dh 4 1 2 2
  Cey ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Steinbach c 5 2 2 0
Phillips 2b 5 0 1 0
Griffin ss 4 0 1 0
  LeMaster ss 1 0 1 1
Andujar p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 13 19 12
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 0 2 1
Bernazard 2b 3 0 0 0
  Noboa ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Franco ss 4 0 1 0
Tabler 1b 4 0 1 0
Hall lf 4 1 1 0
Castillo dh 3 1 1 2
Jacoby 3b 2 0 1 0
  Parsons ph 1 0 1 0
Snyder rf 4 1 0 0
Bando c 4 0 0 0
Schrom p 0 0 0 0
  Vande Berg p 0 0 0 0
  Yett p 0 0 0 0
  Bailes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Oakland 204 110 20313191
Cleveland 010 020 000381
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  W (2-1) 5.0 4 3 2 0 1
  Eckersley   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
  Lamp   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
0
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Schrom  L (4-7) 3.2 7 7 4 0 3
  Vande Berg   1.2 5 1 1 0 0
  Yett   2.2 2 2 2 0 2
  Bailes   1.0 5 3 3 0 2
Totals
9.0
19
13
10
0
7

  E–M Davis (4), Snyder (9).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Oakland Canseco 2 (12,off Schrom 2); Steinbach (6,off Schrom), Cleveland Butler (11,off Eckersley).  3B–Cleveland Butler (5,off Andujar).  HR–Oakland McGwire 3 (25,1st inning off Schrom 1 on, 2 out,5th inning off Vande Berg 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off Bailes 1 on, 0 out); Lansford (7,3rd inning off Schrom 1 on, 2 out); Jackson (9,7th inning off Yett 1 on, 1 out), Cleveland Castillo (6,5th inning off Andujar 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Castillo (1,off Andujar).  HBP–Jacoby (3,by Andujar).  WP–Vande Berg (2).  HBP–Andujar (2,Jacoby).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–2:43.  A–13,086.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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