Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics
May 4, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1985 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 5, Oakland Athletics 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 5 0 2 1
Evans rf 4 0 0 0
Rice lf 4 1 2 0
Armas cf 5 0 2 0
Easler dh 4 1 2 0
Buckner 1b 5 2 3 2
Stapleton 2b 4 0 2 1
  Barrett pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 3 1 0 0
Sullivan c 3 0 1 0
  Gedman ph,c 1 0 0 0
Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Ojeda p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 14 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 4 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 2 2 0
Bochte 1b 4 0 2 1
Kingman dh 3 1 0 0
Baker rf 4 1 1 3
Davis cf 3 0 0 0
Tettleton c 3 0 1 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
Hill 2b 2 0 1 0
Griffin ss 1 0 0 0
  Picciolo ph,ss 1 0 0 0
  Meyer ph 1 0 0 0
  Gallego ss 0 0 0 0
Krueger p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 7 4
Boston 010 300 1005140
Oakland 100 000 003472
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Crawford  W (3-2) 6.2 4 1 1 1 3
  Stanley   1.2 3 3 3 1 1
  Ojeda  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
2
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Krueger  L (2-3) 7.0 13 5 3 3 2
  Atherton   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Howell   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
14
5
3
4
5

  E–Tettleton 2 (2).  DP–Boston 2, Oakland 2.  2B–Boston Boggs (5,off Krueger); Easler (5,off Krueger), Oakland Bochte (3,off Crawford).  HR–Boston Buckner (4,4th inning off Krueger 1 on, 0 out), Oakland Baker (3,9th inning off Stanley 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Hill (2,off Crawford).  SB–Gutierrez (4,2nd base off Krueger/Tettleton).  CS–Buckner (1,2nd base by Krueger/Tettleton).  WP–Krueger (1).  T–3:06.  A–23,344.
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