Boston Red Sox vs Seattle Mariners
May 7, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1986 at Kingdome. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 11, Seattle Mariners 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Evans rf 5 0 0 0
Boggs 3b 6 3 3 1
Buckner dh 2 2 1 3
  Armas ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Rice lf 4 2 3 3
Baylor 1b 5 0 1 0
Gedman c 1 0 0 0
  Sullivan c 3 0 1 0
Barrett 2b 5 1 3 1
Lyons cf 4 1 0 0
Romero ss 3 2 1 2
Nipper p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 13 10
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Owen ss 5 1 1 0
Bradley lf 2 1 1 0
  Cowens pr,rf 2 0 1 0
Davis 1b 2 1 2 3
Thomas dh 4 0 0 0
Calderon rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Tartabull 2b 4 0 0 0
Presley 3b 4 0 0 0
Henderson cf 4 1 1 1
Kearney c 4 1 2 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Young p 0 0 0 0
  Ladd p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 4
Boston 200 033 12011131
Seattle 002 020 100581
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nipper  W (3-3) 6.1 7 5 2 2 6
  Crawford   2.2 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
5
2
2
9
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  L (0-5) 5.0 6 7 6 4 2
  Young   1.0 3 2 2 1 1
  Ladd   2.0 3 2 2 1 1
  Reed   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
13
11
10
7
6

  E–Boggs (1), Kearney (2).  DP–Boston 1, Seattle 1.  PB–Sullivan (1).  2B–Boston Rice (9,off Wilcox); Sullivan (1,off Wilcox); Barrett (6,off Ladd); Boggs (11,off Ladd), Seattle P Bradley (7,off Nipper); Kearney (2,off Nipper); Cowens (2,off Nipper).  HR–Boston Buckner (2,5th inning off Wilcox 2 on, 1 out); Rice (5,8th inning off Ladd 1 on, 1 out), Seattle Davis (6,3rd inning off Nipper 1 on, 2 out); Henderson (3,5th inning off Nipper 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Romero (2,by Wilcox); P Bradley (1,by Nipper).  IBB–Lyons (2,by Ladd).  WP–Young (2), Ladd (1).  HBP–Nipper (2,P Bradley); Wilcox (1,Romero).  IBB–Ladd (1,Lyons).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–(none), 3B–Dale Ford.  T–3:25.  A–8,523.
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