Oakland Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles
September 23, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1999 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 4, Baltimore Orioles 12

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Christenson cf 3 1 0 0
  Becker ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Velarde 2b 5 1 1 2
Giambi 1b 3 1 0 0
Jaha dh 5 0 1 0
Stairs rf 4 1 1 2
Saenz 3b 4 0 1 0
Hernandez c 1 0 0 0
Grieve lf 4 0 2 0
Tejada ss 4 0 2 0
Olivares p 0 0 0 0
  Haynes p 0 0 0 0
  Harville p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 5 2 2 1
  Amaral lf 0 0 0 0
Reboulet 2b 4 0 0 0
Surhoff lf 2 2 0 0
  Kingsale cf 0 0 0 0
Belle dh 5 3 4 3
May rf 4 1 1 3
Minor 3b 5 0 1 1
Pickering 1b 4 3 2 2
Garcia ss 3 0 1 0
Figga c 4 1 1 1
Riley p 0 0 0 0
  Johns p 0 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 12 12 11
Oakland 002 020 000483
Baltimore 011 513 10x12120
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Olivares  L (15-11) 4.0 8 7 2 4 1
  Haynes   2.0 3 4 3 1 2
  Harville   2.0 1 1 1 1 2
Totals
8.0
12
12
6
6
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Riley   4.2 5 4 4 7 3
  Johns  W (6-3) 2.1 3 0 0 1 1
  Reyes   2.0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
8
8

  E–Saenz (7), Olivares (3), Haynes (5).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Belle 4 (34,off Olivares 3,off Haynes); Pickering (1,off Haynes).  HR–Oakland Velarde (16,3rd inning off Riley 1 on, 0 out); Stairs (37,5th inning off Riley 1 on, 2 out), Baltimore May (3,4th inning off Olivares 2 on, 2 out); Pickering (1,6th inning off Haynes 1 on, 2 out); Anderson (24,7th inning off Harville 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Garcia (2,off Haynes).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Dan Iassogna, 2B–Mike DiMuro, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–3:15.  A–43,778.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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