Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
July 4, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1984 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 9, Boston Red Sox 13

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 2 2 0
Murphy cf 4 0 0 0
Lopes rf 3 0 0 0
  Davis rf 2 2 2 2
Kingman dh 4 1 3 2
  Burris pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 0 0 1
Heath c 5 1 3 0
Bochte 1b 5 1 1 0
Phillips 2b,ss 4 1 2 0
Wagner ss 2 0 0 1
  Almon ph 1 1 1 1
  Morgan 2b 2 0 0 0
Codiroli p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
  Heimueller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 14 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 5 2 1 0
Evans rf 4 3 2 2
Rice lf 6 3 5 6
Armas cf 5 1 1 2
Easler dh 5 1 2 2
Buckner 1b 4 0 1 0
Gedman c 3 0 0 0
  Nichols ph 0 0 0 0
  Newman c 1 0 0 0
Barrett 2b 4 1 1 0
Hoffman ss 4 1 1 0
  Gutierrez pr 0 1 0 0
Ojeda p 0 0 0 0
  Clear p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 13 14 12
Oakland 030 000 402 09142
Boston 350 000 100 413142
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Codiroli   6.0 9 8 3 1 2
  Atherton   0.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Heimueller  L (0-1) 3.0 3 4 3 4 2
Totals
9.1
14
13
7
5
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ojeda   6.2 9 6 4 4 2
  Clear   1.2 4 3 3 1 2
  Crawford  W (3-0) 1.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
14
9
7
6
4

  E–Lopes (6), Morgan (3), Rice (2), Ojeda (1).  DP–Boston 3.  2B–Oakland Kingman (7,off Ojeda); Henderson (17,off Ojeda); Davis (14,off Ojeda), Boston Evans (17,off Codiroli).  HR–Oakland Almon (1,7th inning off Ojeda 0 on, 1 out); Kingman (23,7th inning off Clear 1 on, 2 out), Boston Easler (16,1st inning off Codiroli 1 on, 2 out); Armas (21,2nd inning off Codiroli 1 on, 2 out); Evans (15,7th inning off Atherton 0 on, 0 out); Rice (15,10th inning off Heimueller 3 on, 1 out).  SH–Hoffman (1,off Heimueller); Boggs (6,off Heimueller).  IBB–Evans (2,by Heimueller).  SB–Henderson 2 (42,2nd base off Ojeda/Gedman,2nd base off Clear/Newman); Rice (2,2nd base off Atherton/Heath).  CS–Lansford (3,2nd base by Crawford/Newman); Hoffman (1,2nd base by Codiroli/Heath).  IBB–Heimueller (1,Evans).  T–3:25.  A–16,571.
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