California Angels vs Boston Red Sox
May 9, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1987 at Fenway Park. The California Angels defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 8, Boston Red Sox 1

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Downing dh 3 2 1 0
White rf 5 2 3 3
Joyner 1b 4 1 3 3
Howell lf 4 0 0 0
  Jones lf 1 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 5 0 1 0
Schofield ss 4 0 0 0
Pettis cf 3 1 0 0
McLemore 2b 4 2 1 0
Boone c 3 0 2 1
Fraser p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 11 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burks cf 4 0 0 0
Barrett 2b 4 0 0 0
Boggs 3b 3 1 1 0
Rice lf 4 0 0 0
Baylor dh 4 0 2 1
Evans rf 4 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 3 0 0 0
Romero ss 3 0 1 0
Gedman c 3 0 0 0
Nipper p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Schiraldi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
California 310 310 0008110
Boston 000 100 000151
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Fraser  W (2-1) 9.0 5 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nipper  L (3-2) 3.1 6 6 6 2 2
  Crawford   4.2 5 2 1 3 4
  Schiraldi   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
8
7
6
7

  E–Rice (2).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–California Boone 2 (2,off Nipper,off Crawford); DeCinces (6,off Nipper); Joyner (5,off Crawford), Boston Boggs (4,off Fraser); Baylor (5,off Fraser).  HR–California Joyner (8,1st inning off Nipper 2 on, 0 out); White (8,4th inning off Crawford 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Boone (1,off Nipper).  HBP–Downing (3,by Nipper).  SB–Pettis (6,2nd base off Nipper/Gedman).  HBP–Nipper (2,Downing).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:44.  A–34,205.
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