California Angels vs Boston Red Sox
May 7, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1985 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 4, Boston Red Sox 6

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 4 0 1 0
Beniquez 1b 5 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 5 0 0 0
Jackson rf 5 0 1 0
Grich 2b 2 2 0 0
Downing lf 4 2 2 2
Brown dh 2 0 0 0
  Jones ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Boone c 3 0 1 0
  Narron ph,c 1 0 1 1
Schofield ss 2 0 1 0
  Wilfong ph 1 0 1 1
  Gerber ss 0 0 0 0
McCaskill p 0 0 0 0
  Clements p 0 0 0 0
  Cliburn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 0 1 1
Evans rf 3 2 0 0
Rice lf 4 2 3 0
Armas cf 4 1 2 3
Easler dh 3 0 1 2
Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0
Gedman c 4 0 1 0
Stapleton 2b 3 0 1 0
  Barrett ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 4 1 2 0
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 11 6
California 000 200 020480
Boston 201 021 00x6111
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
McCaskill  L (0-2) 4.0 8 5 5 2 4
  Clements   1.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Cliburn   2.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
3
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens  W (3-3) 7.0 6 4 4 3 7
  Stanley  SV (5) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
3
7

  E–Armas (2).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–California Jackson (3,off Clemens), Boston Gutierrez 2 (2,off Clements,off Cliburn).  HR–California Downing (2,4th inning off Clemens 1 on, 0 out), Boston Armas (7,5th inning off McCaskill 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Brown (1,by Clemens); Schofield (3,by Clemens).  SF–Easler (3,off McCaskill).  IBB–Boggs (3,by Cliburn).  SB–Pettis (14,2nd base off Clemens/Gedman).  WP–Cliburn (1).  BK–Clemens (2).  HBP–Clemens 2 (2,Brown,Schofield).  IBB–Cliburn (1,Boggs).  T–3:09.  A–17,788.
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