Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
September 9, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1986 at Memorial Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 7, Baltimore Orioles 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 1 1 0
Barrett 2b 5 0 2 2
Buckner 1b 4 0 2 1
Rice lf 5 0 0 0
Baylor dh 4 2 2 1
Evans rf 3 2 3 2
Armas cf 4 0 1 1
  Henderson cf 0 0 0 0
Gedman c 3 1 0 0
Owen ss 4 1 0 0
Nipper p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 11 7
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Shelby cf 4 0 0 1
Lacy rf 2 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 0 2 0
Murray 1b 5 0 1 0
Sheets dh 3 1 0 0
  Bonilla ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Young lf 4 1 2 0
Stefero c 2 2 1 0
  Traber ph 1 0 1 0
  Dempsey c 0 0 0 0
Rayford 3b 2 1 1 3
  Beniquez ph,3b 1 0 1 1
Gutierrez 2b 4 0 0 0
Habyan p 0 0 0 0
  Bordi p 0 0 0 0
  Havens p 0 0 0 0
  Snell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
Boston 010 010 3117112
Baltimore 030 100 0105101
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nipper  W (9-9) 7.1 5 5 4 5 3
  Stanley   1.0 5 0 0 0 0
  Sambito  SV (12) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
5
3
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Habyan   6.0 7 3 3 2 2
  Bordi  L (5-3) 2.2 3 4 2 2 1
  Havens   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Snell   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
5
4
3

  E–Barrett (13), Owen (19), Rayford (13).  DP–Boston 3, Baltimore 2.  PB–Gedman (13).  2B–Boston Baylor (19,off Habyan); Barrett (36,off Bordi).  HR–Boston Baylor (28,2nd inning off Habyan 0 on, 1 out); Evans 2 (22,7th inning off Habyan 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Bordi 0 on, 2 out), Baltimore Rayford (4,2nd inning off Nipper 2 on, 0 out).  SF–Shelby (2,off Nipper).  CS–Barrett (6,2nd base by Habyan/Stefero); Lacy (6,2nd base by Nipper/Gedman).  WP–Nipper (1).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–3:16.  A–20,634.
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