Oakland Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles
July 21, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1998 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Baltimore Orioles 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 1, Baltimore Orioles 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 1 0
  Lesher lf 0 0 0 0
Roberts 2b 4 1 1 0
  Bournigal 2b 0 0 0 0
Grieve rf 3 0 1 0
Stairs dh 4 0 1 1
Giambi 1b 4 0 1 0
Blowers 3b 4 0 0 0
Christenson cf 4 0 1 0
Tejada ss 3 0 0 0
Hinch c 3 0 0 0
Candiotti p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 3 1 1 0
Reboulet 2b 2 1 0 1
  Forbes 2b 0 0 0 0
Davis dh 4 2 3 2
Palmeiro 1b 4 1 2 3
Carter rf 3 0 0 0
Surhoff lf 4 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 1 1 1
Webster c 4 0 2 0
Bordick ss 4 1 1 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 10 7
Oakland 100 000 000160
Baltimore 300 031 00x7100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Candiotti  L (5-12) 6.0 8 7 7 1 2
  Mathews   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Groom   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
2
4
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson  W (11-7) 9.0 6 1 1 1 7
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
7

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Giambi (21,off Erickson).  HR–Baltimore Palmeiro (30,1st inning off Candiotti 2 on, 1 out); Davis (16,5th inning off Candiotti 1 on, 1 out); Ripken (8,6th inning off Candiotti 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Reboulet (3,off Candiotti).  HBP–Reboulet (2,by Candiotti).  HBP–Candiotti (8,Reboulet).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Ted Barrett, 2B–Gary Cederstrom, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:20.  A–42,174.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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