Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics
July 23, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 1986 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 2, Oakland Athletics 9

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Barrett 2b 4 1 3 0
Boggs 3b 4 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0
Baylor dh 4 1 2 2
Evans rf 4 0 0 0
Gedman c 4 0 0 0
Stenhouse lf 3 0 0 0
Romero ss 3 0 0 0
Tarver cf 3 0 0 0
Nipper p 0 0 0 0
  Lollar p 0 0 0 0
  Sellers p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 2b 5 1 3 3
Murphy cf 5 3 3 1
Lansford 3b,1b 5 2 4 4
Bochte 1b 4 0 1 0
  Canseco ph 1 0 1 1
  Ontiveros pr 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
Kingman dh 4 0 1 0
  Hill ph,dh,3b 1 0 0 0
Baker lf 3 1 1 0
  Tillman lf 0 0 0 0
Davis rf 4 1 1 0
Tettleton c 2 0 0 0
Griffin ss 4 1 1 0
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 16 9
Boston 010 001 000260
Oakland 003 410 01x9160
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nipper  L (4-7) 3.1 9 5 5 0 1
  Lollar   0.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Sellers   4.0 3 2 2 2 4
  Sambito   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
16
9
9
2
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  W (3-0) 8.0 5 2 2 1 6
  Howell   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
6

  E–None.  PB–Gedman (9).  2B–Oakland Phillips (12,off Nipper).  3B–Oakland Murphy (2,off Nipper).  HR–Boston Baylor (17,2nd inning off Stewart 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Lansford 2 (9,3rd inning off Nipper 1 on, 0 out,4th inning off Lollar 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Tettleton (3,off Nipper).  WP–Stewart (4).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:34.  A–15,411.
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