Boston Red Sox vs Chicago White Sox
April 20, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1985 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 12, Chicago White Sox 8

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 5 1 1 0
Evans rf 4 1 1 0
Rice lf 3 2 1 0
Easler dh 5 2 2 1
Armas cf 3 1 2 3
  Lyons cf 1 1 0 0
Buckner 1b 2 1 0 1
Gedman c 4 2 1 2
Barrett 2b 5 1 1 4
Hoffman ss 4 0 1 1
  Gutierrez pr,ss 1 0 1 0
Hurst p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Ojeda p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 12 11 12
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 5 1 1 0
Fletcher ss,3b 2 1 1 0
  Boston ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Baines rf 5 1 3 2
Paciorek dh 4 1 2 0
  Gamble ph,dh 1 0 0 1
  Law pr,dh,lf 0 0 0 0
Fisk c 4 2 2 2
Kittle lf 0 0 0 0
  Hairston lf 5 0 1 1
  James p 0 0 0 0
Walker 1b 5 1 1 1
Salazar cf,3b 5 0 1 1
Hulett 3b 2 0 2 0
  Guillen ph,ss 3 1 1 0
Seaver p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 8 15 8
Boston 300 021 02412112
Chicago 003 020 0218152
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hurst   4.2 10 5 5 2 5
  Crawford  W (1-1) 2.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Ojeda   0.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Stanley  SV (2) 1.2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
8
8
3
6
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver   5.0 6 5 5 3 4
  Nelson  L (0-1) 1.2 1 1 1 1 1
  Agosto   0.2 0 2 1 1 1
  James   1.2 4 4 4 3 0
Totals
9.0
11
12
11
8
6

  E–Boggs (2), Buckner (1), Fisk (1), Salazar (4).  DP–Boston 1, Chicago 2.  2B–Boston Armas (4,off Seaver); Hoffman (2,off James); Easler (4,off James), Chicago Fletcher (1,off Hurst).  HR–Boston Easler (1,5th inning off Seaver 0 on, 2 out); Armas (3,5th inning off Seaver 0 on, 2 out); Gedman (1,6th inning off Nelson 0 on, 0 out); Barrett (1,9th inning off James 3 on, 2 out), Chicago Fisk (3,3rd inning off Hurst 1 on, 1 out); Walker (2,9th inning off Stanley 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Buckner (1,off Seaver).  IBB–Gedman (1,by Seaver); Boggs (2,by James); Buckner (1,by James).  SB–Lyons (1,2nd base off Agosto/Fisk).  WP–Seaver (3).  BK–James (1).  IBB–Seaver (1,Gedman); James 2 (2,Boggs,Buckner).  T–3:33.  A–19,343.
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