Boston Red Sox vs Chicago White Sox
July 31, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1984 at Comiskey Park I. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 14, Chicago White Sox 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 5 2 2 2
Evans rf 5 2 3 1
  Nichols pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Rice lf 5 1 2 0
Armas cf 3 2 1 1
  Miller cf 1 0 0 1
Easler dh 5 1 2 3
Buckner 1b 4 2 1 3
  Jurak ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Gedman c 3 1 1 1
Barrett 2b 3 1 1 1
Gutierrez ss 5 1 1 1
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 14 14 14
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Law R. cf 5 1 2 0
Fisk c 5 1 2 1
Baines rf 5 0 2 0
Luzinski dh 5 0 2 1
Walker 1b 4 1 1 0
Paciorek lf 4 1 3 0
Smalley 3b 4 0 0 0
Law V. 2b 4 0 1 2
Fletcher ss 4 0 0 0
Dotson p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
  Roberge p 0 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 4 13 4
Boston 501 021 00514140
Chicago 100 002 0014133
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens  W (5-4) 9.0 13 4 4 0 6
Totals
9.0
13
4
4
0
6
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dotson  L (11-8) 3.1 5 6 5 4 0
  Spillner   1.1 3 2 2 1 0
  Gleaton   2.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Roberge   1.1 4 5 5 4 0
  Agosto   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
14
13
11
1

  E–Baines (4), Paciorek (2), Smalley (15).  DP–Chicago 2.  2B–Boston Buckner (15,off Dotson); Barrett (9,off Spillner); Evans 2 (24,off Gleaton,off Roberge), Chicago Paciorek (13,off Clemens); Baines (19,off Clemens).  3B–Boston Rice (5,off Dotson).  HR–Boston Boggs (2,1st inning off Dotson 0 on, 0 out); Gedman (12,3rd inning off Dotson 0 on, 2 out); Armas (28,5th inning off Spillner 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Fisk (12,9th inning off Clemens 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Rice (6,by Roberge).  SB–Boggs (3,2nd base off Spillner/Fisk); Rice (4,2nd base off Roberge/Fisk); R Law (18,2nd base off Clemens/Gedman).  IBB–Roberge (1,Rice).  T–3:09.  A–34,057.
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