Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
August 16, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1985 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees 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 4, New York Yankees 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Barrett 2b 4 1 1 0
Boggs 3b 4 0 0 0
Evans rf 5 1 1 1
Buckner 1b 4 0 2 1
Easler dh 4 0 0 0
  Stapleton pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Rice lf 4 0 0 0
Gedman c 4 2 2 2
Gutierrez ss 4 0 1 0
Lyons cf 4 0 1 0
Boyd p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 8 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Henderson cf 5 1 1 0
Mattingly 1b 5 0 1 1
Griffey lf 5 0 2 1
Winfield rf 5 1 2 0
Pasqua dh 4 0 0 0
Hassey c 4 0 1 0
  Sample pr 0 1 0 0
  Wynegar c 0 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 3 0 1 1
Pagliarulo 3b 4 1 3 2
Meacham ss 3 1 0 0
Cowley p 0 0 0 0
  Bordi p 0 0 0 0
  Shirley p 0 0 0 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
  Righetti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 11 5
Boston 001 002 100 0480
New York 002 000 101 15110
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Boyd   7.0 7 3 3 0 4
  Crawford  L (5-3) 2.2 4 2 2 2 1
  Stanley   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.2
11
5
5
3
5
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Cowley   6.2 6 4 4 3 4
  Bordi   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Shirley   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Fisher   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Righetti  W (8-7) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
8
4
4
6
5

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–Boston Evans (21,off Cowley); Buckner 2 (34,off Cowley,off Shirley), New York Winfield 2 (24,off Boyd,off Crawford).  HR–Boston Gedman 2 (11,3rd inning off Cowley 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off Cowley 0 on, 1 out), New York Pagliarulo (12,7th inning off Boyd 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Rice (4,by Shirley); Boggs (4,by Fisher); Pasqua (1,by Crawford).  SH–Randolph (4,off Crawford); Meacham (13,off Crawford).  SB–Lyons 2 (8,2nd base off Cowley/Hassey,2nd base off Fisher/Hassey).  IBB–Crawford (3,Pasqua); Shirley (2,Rice); Fisher (3,Boggs).  T–3:35.  A–42,787.
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