Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
August 18, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 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 2, New York Yankees 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Barrett 2b 4 0 1 0
Boggs 3b 4 0 1 1
Evans rf 5 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0
Easler dh 4 0 1 0
Rice lf 2 2 1 1
Gedman c 2 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 3 0 0 0
Lyons cf 2 0 1 0
  Armas ph 1 0 1 0
  Jurak pr 0 0 0 0
Lollar p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 3 0 0 0
Mattingly 1b 3 0 1 2
Winfield rf 4 0 0 0
Baylor dh 2 2 0 0
Griffey cf 4 0 1 0
Sample lf 2 0 0 1
  Pasqua ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Robertson 3b 3 0 1 1
  Pagliarulo 3b 1 0 0 0
Wynegar c 2 1 1 0
Meacham ss 3 1 1 0
Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Bordi p 0 0 0 0
  Shirley p 0 0 0 0
  Righetti p 0 0 0 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 5 4
Boston 010 000 100–271
New York 010 100 20x–451
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lollar  L (5-7) 6.1 5 4 4 6 3
  Stanley   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
5
4
4
6
4
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro   6.1 4 2 2 5 3
  Bordi   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Shirley   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Righetti  W (9-7) 1.2 2 0 0 2 2
  Fisher  SV (7) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
7
5
  E–Gedman (12), Meacham (17).  DP–Boston 1, New York 1.  2B–New York Wynegar (11,off Lollar); Mattingly (36,off Lollar).  HR–Boston Rice (20,2nd inning off P Niekro 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Gutierrez (8,off P Niekro).  T–2:54.  A–44,170.
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