Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics
April 28, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1987 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 1, Oakland Athletics 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 0 1 0
Barrett 2b 4 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 1 0
Rice lf 3 0 0 0
Baylor dh 3 0 0 0
Evans rf 2 1 0 0
Hoffman ss 2 0 1 1
Sheaffer c 3 0 0 0
Henderson cf 3 0 0 0
Sellers p 0 0 0 0
  Schiraldi p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 3 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 3 3 2 2
Phillips 2b 2 1 1 1
Jackson rf 4 1 2 3
Canseco dh 4 0 1 0
McGwire 1b 4 0 1 0
Steinbach c 4 0 1 0
Javier cf 3 1 1 0
Gallego 3b 4 1 1 1
Griffin ss 4 0 0 0
Andujar p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Ontiveros p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 10 7
Boston 010 000 000131
Oakland 101 000 50x7101
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sellers  L (1-1) 6.0 7 4 4 2 4
  Schiraldi   1.0 3 3 3 1 2
  Sambito   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
3
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Eckersley  W (1-1) 6.0 2 1 0 1 6
  Ontiveros   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
3
1
0
2
7

  E–Henderson (2), Eckersley (1).  DP–Boston 1, Oakland 2.  3B–Oakland Polonia (1,off Sellers); Javier (1,off Sellers).  HR–Oakland Polonia (1,7th inning off Schiraldi 1 on, 1 out); Jackson (3,7th inning off Schiraldi 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Rice (4,by Andujar).  SH–Javier (1,off Sellers).  SB–Barrett (1,2nd base off Ontiveros/Steinbach); Phillips 2 (4,2nd base off Sellers/Sheaffer,3rd base off Sellers/Sheaffer).  HBP–Andujar (1,Rice).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–2:43.  A–14,148.
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