Boston Red Sox vs Toronto Blue Jays
June 20, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1985 at Exhibition Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 5, Toronto Blue Jays 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lyons cf 3 1 1 0
Boggs 3b 3 1 2 0
Rice lf 4 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 3 1 2 3
Easler dh 4 1 2 0
Evans rf 3 1 1 2
Gedman c 4 0 0 0
Barrett 2b 4 0 0 0
Hoffman ss 4 0 1 0
Ojeda p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 10 5
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Garcia 2b 3 1 3 4
Moseby cf 3 0 0 1
Bell lf 4 0 0 0
Barfield rf 3 0 0 0
Burroughs dh 3 0 0 0
  Matuszek ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Upshaw 1b 4 0 1 0
Martinez c 3 0 1 0
  Thornton pr 0 1 0 0
  Whitt c 0 0 0 0
Iorg 3b 3 3 3 0
Fernandez ss 2 1 1 1
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Acker p 0 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 9 6
Boston 100 220 0005100
Toronto 001 020 30x690
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ojeda   6.1 8 5 5 0 3
  Stanley  L (2-3) 1.2 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
1
4
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander   6.1 9 5 5 2 2
  Acker  W (4-1) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Lavelle   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Caudill  SV (11) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
2
3

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1, Toronto 3.  2B–Boston Hoffman (5,off Alexander); Boggs (13,off Alexander); Lyons (3,off Alexander), Toronto Iorg 2 (7,off Ojeda 2); Garcia (11,off Ojeda).  3B–Toronto Fernandez (3,off Ojeda); Garcia (3,off Stanley).  HR–Boston Evans (9,4th inning off Alexander 1 on, 0 out); Buckner (7,5th inning off Alexander 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Buckner (4,off Alexander); Moseby (3,off Stanley).  HBP–Lyons (1,by Alexander); Garcia (2,by Ojeda).  SH–Fernandez (2,off Ojeda).  CS–Upshaw (2,2nd base by Ojeda/Gedman).  HBP–Ojeda (2,Garcia); Alexander (4,Lyons).  T–2:24.  A–35,050.
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