Boston Red Sox vs Chicago White Sox
August 8, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1985 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox 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 6, Chicago White Sox 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Evans rf 4 0 0 0
Boggs 3b 4 0 0 1
Buckner 1b 5 0 2 1
Rice lf 5 1 1 0
Armas dh 5 2 2 1
Barrett 2b 4 1 1 2
Sax c 2 0 0 0
  Gedman ph,c 1 0 1 0
Lyons cf 4 1 1 0
Gutierrez ss 2 1 2 1
  Easler ph 1 0 0 0
  Jurak ss 0 0 0 0
Ojeda p 0 0 0 0
  Kison p 0 0 0 0
  Clear p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 10 6
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Law lf 3 1 1 0
Salazar cf 3 1 0 0
Baines rf 4 1 2 2
Fisk c 3 0 2 0
Hulett 3b 3 0 0 1
Walker 1b 4 1 1 0
Kittle dh 4 2 4 3
Fletcher 2b 3 0 0 0
  Hairston ph 0 0 0 0
  Little pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Guillen ss 4 1 1 0
Burns p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
  Wehrmeister p 0 0 0 0
  James p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 11 6
Boston 000 204 0006101
Chicago 310 200 10x7110
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ojeda   5.0 7 6 4 0 1
  Kison  L (3-3) 1.2 3 1 1 1 1
  Clear   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
7
5
2
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Burns   5.1 6 5 5 4 3
  Spillner   0.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Gleaton   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Wehrmeister  W (1-0) 2.1 2 0 0 0 3
  James  SV (18) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
5
8

  E–Ojeda (3).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Armas (9,off Burns), Chicago Fisk (15,off Ojeda); Walker (27,off Ojeda); Baines (19,off Kison).  3B–Chicago Baines (3,off Ojeda).  HR–Boston Armas (16,6th inning off Burns 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Kittle 2 (10,2nd inning off Ojeda 0 on, 0 out,4th inning off Ojeda 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Salazar (7,off Ojeda); Law (4,off Kison).  SF–Hulett (3,off Ojeda).  IBB–Fisk (6,by Kison).  SB–Barrett (4,2nd base off Burns/Fisk); Law (18,2nd base off Ojeda/Sax).  IBB–Kison (2,Fisk).  T–3:16.
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