Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics
May 9, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1986 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 9, Oakland Athletics 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Evans rf 3 1 1 0
Boggs 3b 5 1 2 2
Buckner 1b 5 1 1 2
Rice lf 6 1 2 2
Baylor dh 6 0 1 2
Gedman c 5 0 0 0
Barrett 2b 5 1 1 0
Lyons cf 3 2 2 0
Romero ss 4 2 2 1
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 9 12 9
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 2b,ss 5 0 0 0
Peters lf 5 0 0 0
Canseco rf 5 2 2 1
Kingman dh 5 1 2 1
Bochte 1b 5 1 1 0
Lansford 3b 4 2 3 3
Davis cf 4 0 1 1
Griffin ss 2 0 2 0
  Hill 2b 1 0 0 0
Bathe c 4 0 0 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Young p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
  Mooneyham p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 11 6
Boston 220 010 000 49120
Oakland 000 100 103 16111
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens   8.1 8 4 4 0 11
  Stanley  W (1-1) 1.1 3 2 2 1 0
  Sambito  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
11
6
6
1
12
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford   1.2 6 4 4 2 0
  Young   6.0 5 1 1 2 3
  Atherton  L (1-2) 1.1 0 2 2 2 0
  Mooneyham   1.0 1 2 2 2 0
Totals
10.0
12
9
9
8
3

  E–Griffin (2).  2B–Boston Buckner (10,off Langford); Barrett (8,off Young); Baylor (1,off Mooneyham), Oakland Lansford (4,off Clemens); Canseco (4,off Stanley).  HR–Oakland Canseco (9,4th inning off Clemens 0 on, 1 out); Lansford (2,9th inning off Stanley 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Boggs (1,off Mooneyham).  IBB–Buckner (1,by Mooneyham).  SB–Lyons (1,2nd base off Young/Bathe).  WP–Young (1).  BK–Clemens (1).  IBB–Mooneyham (1,Buckner).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–3:24.  A–25,098.
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