Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics
July 8, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 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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Boston Red Sox 2, Oakland Athletics 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Evans rf 5 0 1 1
Boggs 3b 3 0 1 1
Rice lf 5 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 1 0
Easler dh 4 0 1 0
Gedman c 3 0 2 0
Hoffman ss 3 1 2 0
  Miller ph 1 0 0 0
  Gutierrez ss 0 0 0 0
Lyons cf 4 0 0 0
Barrett 2b 3 1 1 0
Hurst p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 10 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 5 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 5 0 1 1
Baker 1b 4 0 2 0
  Picciolo pr,1b 0 0 0 0
  Bochte ph 1 0 1 0
Kingman dh 4 0 3 0
Heath rf 3 0 1 0
  Davis ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Murphy cf 3 0 1 0
Tettleton c 3 0 0 0
Hill 2b 4 1 1 0
Griffin ss 4 0 1 0
Codiroli p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 1 11 1
Boston 000 010 0012100
Oakland 000 000 0011111
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hurst  W (5-7) 7.1 7 0 0 1 6
  Crawford  SV (2) 1.2 4 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
1
1
2
8
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Codiroli  L (8-5) 8.1 8 2 2 4 4
  Howell   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
4
4

  E–Codiroli (3).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Murphy (11,off Hurst); Lansford (15,off Crawford).  IBB–Gedman (8,by Codiroli).  SB–Buckner (9,2nd base off Codiroli/Tettleton); Heath (5,2nd base off Hurst/Gedman); Kingman (3,2nd base off Crawford/Gedman).  IBB–Codiroli (2,Gedman).  T–3:02.  A–24,430.
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