Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox
September 18, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1985 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 1, Boston Red Sox 13

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 2 0 0 0
  Lee ph,ss 2 0 1 0
Moseby cf 2 0 0 0
  Shepherd cf 2 1 1 0
Mulliniks 3b 2 0 1 0
  Gruber 3b 2 0 0 0
Bell lf 2 0 0 0
  Thornton lf 2 0 1 1
Oliver dh 2 0 0 0
  Burroughs ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 2 0 1 0
  Fielder 1b 1 0 0 0
Barfield rf 2 0 0 0
  Leach rf 1 0 0 0
Whitt c 1 0 0 0
  Nicosia c 2 0 0 0
Iorg 2b 3 0 1 0
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Cerutti p 0 0 0 0
  Acker p 0 0 0 0
  Filer p 0 0 0 0
  Clarke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Evans rf 5 1 1 1
  Romine rf 1 0 0 0
Boggs 3b 5 1 4 1
  Jurak pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Buckner 1b 5 3 3 1
  Stapleton 1b 1 0 0 0
Rice dh 4 2 3 1
Gedman c 5 2 4 7
Armas cf,lf 4 0 0 0
  Greenwell ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Easler lf 1 1 1 0
  Lyons pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Barrett 2b 5 1 2 1
Hoffman ss 2 1 0 1
  Gutierrez ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Nipper p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 13 18 13
Toronto 000 000 100161
Boston 031 510 30x13180
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy  L (7-5) 2.2 7 4 4 1 1
  Lamp   0.2 2 4 4 2 0
  Cerutti   1.1 5 2 2 1 0
  Acker   1.1 0 0 0 1 2
  Filer   1.0 4 3 3 0 1
  Clarke   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
18
13
13
6
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nipper  W (9-11) 9.0 6 1 1 0 5
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
0
5

  E–Whitt (7).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Toronto Shepherd (2,off Nipper), Boston Barrett (25,off Clancy); Evans (29,off Clancy); Rice 2 (20,off Cerutti,off Filer); Gedman (28,off Filer).  3B–Boston Easler (4,off Clancy); Gedman (5,off Cerutti).  HR–Boston Gedman (18,3rd inning off Clancy 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Hoffman (2,off Clancy).  IBB–Rice (5,by Lamp).  IBB–Lamp (3,Rice).  T–2:49.  A–17,598.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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