Los Angeles Dodgers vs Oakland Athletics
October 18, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 18, 1988 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 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

Los Angeles Dodgers 1, Oakland Athletics 2

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 5 0 1 0
Stubbs 1b 4 0 1 1
  Woodson ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Hatcher lf,rf 4 0 1 0
Marshall rf 1 0 0 0
  Heep ph,lf 3 0 1 0
Shelby cf 3 0 2 0
Davis dh 2 0 0 0
  Anderson ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Scioscia c 4 0 1 0
Hamilton 3b 3 1 1 0
Griffin ss 3 0 0 0
Tudor p 0 0 0 0
  Leary p 0 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips lf 1 0 0 0
  Polonia ph,lf 3 0 0 0
Henderson cf 4 0 0 0
Canseco rf 4 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 4 1 1 1
Steinbach dh 3 0 2 0
Lansford 3b 3 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 3 1 1 0
Hassey c 1 0 1 1
Weiss ss 3 0 0 0
Welch p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 5 2
Los Angeles 000 010 000181
Oakland 001 000 001250
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Tudor   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Leary   3.2 3 1 1 1 1
  Pena   3.0 1 0 0 1 4
  Howell  L (0-1) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.1
5
2
2
2
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Welch   5.0 6 1 1 3 8
  Cadaret   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Nelson   1.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Honeycutt  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
3
12

  E–Scioscia (1).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–Los Angeles Stubbs (1,off Welch); Heep (1,off Welch); Hatcher (1,off Nelson), Oakland Steinbach (1,off Leary).  HR–Oakland McGwire (1,9th inning off Howell 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Griffin (1,off Welch).  SB–Shelby (1,2nd base off Welch/Hassey); Hubbard (1,2nd base off Leary/Scioscia).  BK–Leary (1).  U–Bruce Froemming (NL), Derryl Cousins (AL), Jerry Crawford (NL), Larry McCoy (AL), Durwood Merrill (AL), Doug Harvey (NL).  A–49,316.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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