Chicago White Sox vs Boston Red Sox
May 23, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1987 at Fenway Park. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago White Sox 9, Boston Red Sox 1

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boston cf,lf 6 1 1 0
Redus rf 5 2 3 2
Baines dh 3 0 2 1
Walker 1b 6 1 2 2
Hassey c 4 0 0 0
Fisk lf 4 1 1 1
  Williams cf 0 0 0 0
Hulett 3b 5 1 2 1
Manrique 2b 5 1 3 1
Guillen ss 5 2 2 1
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 9 16 9
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burks cf 4 1 1 1
Romero ss 3 0 0 0
Boggs 3b 4 0 0 0
Baylor dh 3 0 0 0
Rice lf 3 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 3 0 0 0
Henderson rf 3 0 0 0
Barrett 2b 3 0 0 0
Gedman c 3 0 1 0
Nipper p 0 0 0 0
  Bolton p 0 0 0 0
  Sellers p 0 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 2 1
Chicago 030 302 1009160
Boston 000 000 001121
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  W (3-3) 9.0 2 1 1 1 6
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
1
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nipper  L (3-4) 1.2 5 3 3 1 0
  Bolton   2.0 5 3 3 1 3
  Sellers   2.0 3 2 2 2 2
  Gardner   2.1 3 1 1 2 3
  Sambito   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
9
9
6
9

  E–Gedman (1).  2B–Chicago Hulett 2 (6,off Nipper,off Sellers); Guillen (5,off Nipper); Redus (8,off Bolton); Boston (5,off Gardner); Manrique (3,off Gardner), Boston Gedman (3,off Bannister).  HR–Boston Burks (3,9th inning off Bannister 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Redus 2 (19,2nd base off Bolton/Gedman,2nd base off Sellers/Gedman).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:50.  A–31,263.
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