Boston Red Sox vs Seattle Mariners
May 8, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 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 4, Seattle Mariners 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Evans rf 4 0 2 0
Boggs 3b 4 1 3 0
Buckner 1b 5 1 2 0
Rice lf 5 1 1 1
Baylor dh 5 1 2 1
Gedman c 5 0 2 0
Barrett 2b 4 0 2 2
Lyons cf 4 0 0 0
Romero ss 4 0 0 0
Brown p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 4 14 4
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Owen ss 4 1 1 0
Bradley lf 1 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 1 1
Thomas dh 4 0 0 0
Calderon rf 4 0 1 0
Tartabull 2b 4 1 2 1
Presley 3b 4 0 1 0
Henderson cf 3 0 0 0
  Phelps ph 1 0 0 0
Kearney c 3 0 0 0
Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Young p 0 0 0 0
  Best p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Boston 000 000 4004141
Seattle 100 100 000261
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Brown  W (2-0) 7.1 5 2 2 3 8
  Sambito   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Stanley  SV (5) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
9
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Morgan  L (2-3) 6.1 11 4 4 2 5
  Young   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Best   2.1 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
14
4
4
2
7

  E–Buckner (5), Tartabull (9).  DP–Boston 1, Seattle 1.  2B–Boston Evans (9,off Morgan); Gedman (5,off Morgan); Barrett (7,off Morgan), Seattle Presley (3,off Brown); Tartabull (6,off Stanley).  3B–Boston Barrett (2,off Best), Seattle Owen (2,off Brown).  HR–Seattle Tartabull (6,4th inning off Brown 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Barrett (2,off Morgan).  SB–Baylor (1,2nd base off Best/Kearney).  CS–Davis (1,2nd base by Brown/Gedman); Calderon (1,2nd base by Brown/Gedman).  WP–Morgan (1).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:58.  A–8,319.
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