Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
May 4, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1986 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 1, Boston Red Sox 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 2b 4 0 2 0
Murphy cf 3 0 0 0
  Peters cf 1 0 0 0
Canseco lf 4 0 0 0
Kingman dh 4 1 1 1
Bochte 1b 2 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 3 0 0 0
Davis rf 3 0 0 0
Griffin ss 3 0 0 0
Tettleton c 2 0 0 0
  Hill ph 1 0 0 0
  Bathe c 0 0 0 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Mooneyham p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Evans rf 4 1 1 0
Boggs 3b 2 1 2 0
Buckner 1b 4 1 1 0
Rice lf 4 0 2 1
Baylor dh 4 0 0 0
Gedman c 3 1 0 0
Barrett 2b 4 0 1 1
Lyons cf 2 0 0 0
Hoffman ss 3 0 1 0
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 8 2
Oakland 000 000 100132
Boston 400 000 00x480
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  L (1-3) 5.2 8 4 4 3 1
  Mooneyham   2.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
4
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens  W (5-0) 8.0 3 1 1 2 10
  Stanley  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
2
13

  E–Griffin (1), Tettleton (3).  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–Boston Evans (7,off Langford); Barrett (5,off Langford); Hoffman (1,off Langford).  HR–Oakland Kingman (4,7th inning off Clemens 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Gedman (1,2nd base off Langford/Tettleton).  U-HP–Larry Young, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–2:27.  A–25,190.
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