Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
July 16, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1983 at Fenway Park. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 12, Boston Red Sox 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 3 3 2
Peters rf 3 0 1 0
  Kearney c 0 0 0 0
  Hancock ph,rf 2 1 1 2
Lopes 2b 4 0 2 2
Burroughs dh 3 2 1 2
Lansford 3b 4 2 1 1
Murphy cf 5 0 1 1
Almon ss 2 0 0 1
  Phillips ss 2 0 0 0
Gross 1b 4 2 1 0
Heath c,rf,c 4 2 3 0
Heimueller p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 12 14 11
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 5 1 2 1
Boggs 3b 4 0 3 0
Rice lf 5 0 0 0
Armas cf 4 0 0 1
Evans dh 3 1 1 1
Nichols rf 3 1 0 0
Stapleton 1b 4 1 2 2
Hoffman ss 3 0 0 0
  Miller ph 1 0 0 0
  Jurak ss 0 0 0 0
Allenson c 3 1 1 0
  Yastrzemski ph 1 0 0 0
Ojeda p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 5
Oakland 021 001 43112140
Boston 100 400 000591
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Heimueller   3.2 7 5 5 2 1
  Atherton  W (1-0) 5.1 2 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
3
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ojeda   6.0 5 4 3 2 3
  Stanley  L (5-5) 2.0 8 7 7 1 1
  Bird   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
12
11
3
5

  E–Boggs (18).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Oakland Heath (8,off Ojeda); Gross (12,off Stanley); Henderson (20,off Stanley); Hancock (4,off Stanley), Boston Remy (9,off Heimueller); Boggs (28,off Atherton).  HR–Oakland Burroughs (6,6th inning off Ojeda 0 on, 0 out); Lansford (7,9th inning off Bird 0 on, 0 out), Boston Evans (18,4th inning off Heimueller 0 on, 0 out); Stapleton (5,4th inning off Heimueller 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Almon (6,off Ojeda); Lopes (8,off Ojeda); Burroughs (4,off Stanley).  SB–Lopes (13,2nd base off Stanley/Allenson).  WP–Stanley (3).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:59.  A–28,537.
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