New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
October 5, 1986 Box Score

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

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New York Yankees 7, Boston Red Sox 0

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Mattingly 1b 5 1 2 3
Cotto cf 4 2 2 2
Pasqua rf 5 0 1 1
Easler dh 1 1 1 0
  Kittle ph,dh 4 0 1 0
Pagliarulo 3b 5 0 1 0
Lombardi lf 4 0 1 1
Espino c 4 0 0 0
Meacham ss 3 1 1 0
Little 2b 4 2 3 0
Nielsen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 13 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Owen ss 3 0 0 0
  Hoffman ss 1 0 0 0
Barrett 2b 3 0 0 0
  Stapleton 2b 1 0 0 0
Buckner dh 3 0 0 0
Rice lf 3 0 1 0
  Tarver pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Baylor 1b 2 0 0 0
  Dodson 1b 0 0 0 0
Evans rf 2 0 1 0
  Greenwell pr,rf 1 0 1 0
Armas cf 2 0 0 0
  Henderson cf 1 0 1 0
Romero 3b 3 0 0 0
Sullivan c 3 0 1 0
Sellers p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Lollar p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 5 0
New York 220 200 0107131
Boston 000 000 000050
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Nielsen  W (4-4) 9.0 5 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
2
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sellers  L (3-7) 4.0 8 6 6 1 3
  Stewart   2.0 0 0 0 3 2
  Lollar   1.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Sambito   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Stanley   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
6
7

  E–Lombardi (3).  DP–New York 2.  2B–New York Mattingly (53,off Sellers); Cotto (3,off Sambito); Pasqua (17,off Sambito), Boston Henderson (22,off Nielsen).  HR–New York Mattingly (31,1st inning off Sellers 0 on, 0 out); Cotto (1,2nd inning off Sellers 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Meacham (3,by Sellers).  CS–Meacham (6,3rd base by Sellers/Sullivan).  HBP–Sellers (3,Meacham).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–2:25.  A–32,735.
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