Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox
April 11, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 11, 1987 at Fenway Park. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 11, Boston Red Sox 1

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 5 0 0 0
Mulliniks 3b 4 0 1 1
  Iorg pr,3b 1 1 0 0
Moseby cf 4 2 1 1
Bell lf 4 2 1 0
Barfield rf 5 2 3 4
Upshaw 1b 5 2 3 3
McGriff dh 5 1 2 0
Whitt c 4 1 2 1
Sharperson 2b 4 0 2 0
Key p 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 11 15 10
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 0 1 0
Romero 2b 4 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 1 1
  Dodson 1b 0 0 0 0
Rice lf 4 0 1 0
Baylor dh 3 0 0 0
Evans rf 3 0 0 0
Henderson cf 2 0 1 0
Sullivan c 3 0 0 0
  Greenwell ph 1 0 0 0
Owen ss 3 1 1 0
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Toronto 000 400 50211150
Boston 001 000 000150
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Key  W (2-0) 8.0 5 1 1 2 2
  Eichhorn   1.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
4
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens  L (0-1) 4.0 5 4 4 3 3
  Crawford   2.2 4 5 5 0 2
  Sambito   0.2 2 0 0 1 1
  Gardner   1.2 4 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
11
11
4
6

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Toronto McGriff (1,off Gardner), Boston Owen (1,off Key); Boggs (2,off Key).  HR–Toronto Upshaw (3,4th inning off Clemens 2 on, 1 out); Barfield (2,7th inning off Crawford 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Bell (1,by Crawford).  SB–McGriff (2,2nd base off Clemens/Sullivan); Moseby (1,2nd base off Clemens/Sullivan).  CS–Barfield (1,2nd base by Clemens/Sullivan).  WP–Gardner (1).  HBP–Crawford (1,Bell).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–3:12.  A–33,365.
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