Chicago White Sox vs Boston Red Sox
August 5, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1986 at Fenway Park. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 3, Boston Red Sox 1

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi lf 4 0 1 0
Boston cf 4 0 0 0
Baines rf 4 1 1 1
Hairston dh 4 0 2 0
Hulett 3b 4 0 0 0
Morman 1b 4 1 1 0
Fisk c 4 1 2 2
Guillen ss 4 0 1 0
Cruz 2b 3 0 0 0
Dotson p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Barrett 2b 4 0 0 0
Boggs 3b 4 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 1 0
Rice lf 3 0 0 0
Baylor dh 3 0 0 0
Evans rf 3 0 0 0
Gedman c 3 0 0 0
Armas cf 3 1 1 1
Quinones ss 2 0 1 0
  Greenwell ph 1 0 0 0
  Romero ss 0 0 0 0
Boyd p 0 0 0 0
  Schiraldi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
Chicago 000 020 010381
Boston 000 001 000130
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dotson  W (8-12) 7.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Nelson  SV (3) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
0
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Boyd  L (11-7) 7.2 8 3 3 0 3
  Schiraldi   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
0
3

  E–Guillen (13).  2B–Chicago Hairston (11,off Boyd).  HR–Chicago Fisk (9,5th inning off Boyd 1 on, 0 out); Baines (16,8th inning off Boyd 0 on, 2 out), Boston Armas (6,6th inning off Dotson 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Cangelosi (43,2nd base off Boyd/Gedman); Guillen (7,2nd base off Boyd/Gedman); Buckner (3,2nd base off Dotson/Fisk).  U-HP–Nick Bremigan, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:36.  A–35,236.
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