Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
September 20, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1984 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 1, Baltimore Orioles 15

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 0 1 1
Evans rf 4 0 0 0
Rice lf 4 0 1 0
  Nichols lf 0 0 0 0
Armas cf 4 0 1 0
  Miller cf 0 0 0 0
Easler dh 4 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 3 0 1 0
  Jurak pr,1b 1 0 0 0
Barrett 2b 4 0 1 0
Sullivan c 2 1 1 0
Gutierrez ss 2 0 1 0
  Hoffman ph,ss 0 0 0 0
Nipper p 0 0 0 0
  Dorsey p 0 0 0 0
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 4 3 3 1
  Shelby cf 2 0 0 0
Young lf 6 2 3 5
Ripken, Jr. ss 6 1 2 1
Murray 1b 5 2 3 0
Gross 3b 2 1 1 1
  Cruz 3b 2 0 0 0
Singleton dh 4 2 1 4
Dwyer rf 2 0 1 1
  Sheets pr,rf 2 2 2 0
Dempsey c 4 0 1 1
Rodriguez 2b 5 2 3 1
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Snell p 0 0 0 0
  Swaggerty p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 15 20 15
Boston 001 000 000170
Baltimore 015 232 02x15200
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nipper  L (10-6) 3.1 8 8 8 3 4
  Dorsey   1.2 5 3 3 1 3
  Brown   3.0 7 4 4 2 4
Totals
8.0
20
15
15
6
11
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  W (13-13) 7.0 7 1 1 2 3
  Snell   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Swaggerty   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
6

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Dwyer (9,off Nipper); Bumbry 3 (12,off Nipper 2,off Dorsey); Murray (25,off Nipper); Sheets (1,off Brown); Rodriguez 2 (2,off Brown 2).  HR–Baltimore Singleton (6,3rd inning off Nipper 3 on, 1 out); Young (15,8th inning off Brown 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Gross (4,by Nipper).  SB–Ripken (2,2nd base off Dorsey/Sullivan).  IBB–Nipper (1,Gross).  T–2:56.  A–20,321.
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