Boston Red Sox vs Toronto Blue Jays
June 21, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 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 2, Toronto Blue Jays 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Nichols cf 4 0 0 0
Boggs 3b 4 2 2 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 1 0
Rice lf 3 0 0 1
Easler dh 4 0 0 0
Evans rf 2 0 2 0
Barrett 2b 3 0 0 0
Hoffman ss 3 0 0 0
Sullivan c 3 0 0 0
Hurst p 0 0 0 0
  Clear p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 1
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Garcia 2b 2 1 0 0
Moseby cf 4 1 3 2
Bell lf 5 0 1 1
Barfield rf 3 0 0 1
Burroughs dh 3 0 0 0
  Matuszek ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Upshaw 1b 3 1 1 1
Martinez c 2 2 0 0
Iorg 3b 3 0 1 1
  Mulliniks ph,3b 0 1 0 0
Fernandez ss 4 1 2 0
Key p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 7 8 6
Boston 000 100 001250
Toronto 101 111 02x781
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hurst  L (2-7) 5.2 7 5 5 3 4
  Clear   2.1 1 2 2 4 0
Totals
8.0
8
7
7
7
4
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Key  W (5-2) 9.0 5 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
1
1

  E–Iorg (6).  DP–Boston 1, Toronto 2.  PB–Sullivan (3).  2B–Boston Boggs 2 (15,off Key 2), Toronto Fernandez (12,off Hurst); Iorg (8,off Hurst).  HR–Toronto Upshaw (7,6th inning off Hurst 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Rice (3,off Key); Barfield (2,off Hurst).  SH–Garcia (2,off Hurst).  HBP–Upshaw (4,by Hurst); Garcia (3,by Clear).  SB–Moseby 2 (20,2nd base off Hurst/Sullivan,3rd base off Hurst/Sullivan); Barfield (7,2nd base off Clear/Sullivan).  WP–Clear (3).  BK–Key (1).  HBP–Hurst (1,Upshaw); Clear (4,Garcia).  T–2:37.  A–36,252.
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