Boston Red Sox vs Chicago White Sox
April 11, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 11, 1986 at Comiskey Park I. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 7, Chicago White Sox 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Evans rf 5 0 1 0
Boggs 3b 4 1 2 0
Buckner 1b 5 1 1 1
Rice lf 4 0 0 1
  Lyons cf 0 0 0 0
Baylor dh 3 2 1 1
Armas cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Barrett 2b 4 2 2 2
Romero ss 3 0 0 0
Sullivan c 3 1 1 1
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 9 6
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi cf 3 0 1 0
Tolleson 3b 4 0 1 0
Baines rf 4 0 0 0
Fisk lf 3 1 1 1
Walker 1b 4 0 1 0
Kittle dh 4 0 0 0
Guillen ss 4 1 1 0
Little 2b 4 0 0 0
Hill c 2 0 1 0
  Bonilla ph 1 0 0 0
  Skinner c 0 0 0 0
  Hairston ph 1 0 0 0
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 6 1
Boston 004 000 012792
Chicago 010 000 010261
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens  W (1-0) 8.2 6 2 1 5 2
  Sambito   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
5
2
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  L (0-1) 8.0 6 5 4 4 4
  Nelson   1.0 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
7
6
5
4

  E–Buckner (3), Romero (1), Tolleson (2).  2B–Boston Boggs (2,off Bannister); Buckner (4,off Bannister); Barrett (2,off Nelson); Evans (1,off Nelson), Chicago Walker (2,off Clemens).  3B–Boston Barrett (1,off Bannister).  HR–Boston Baylor (2,8th inning off Bannister 0 on, 2 out), Chicago Fisk (1,8th inning off Clemens 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Boggs (1,by Nelson).  CS–Armas (2,2nd base by Bannister/Hill); Cangelosi (1,2nd base by Clemens/Sullivan).  SB–Cangelosi (4,2nd base off Clemens/Sullivan).  WP–Clemens (1).  IBB–Nelson (1,Boggs).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:48.  A–12,928.
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