Boston Red Sox vs Chicago White Sox
May 31, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1987 at Comiskey Park I. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 10, Chicago White Sox 9

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burks cf 5 0 0 0
  Greenwell ph 1 0 1 2
  Sullivan c 0 0 0 0
Barrett 2b 5 1 0 1
Boggs 3b 2 2 1 0
Rice lf 5 1 4 2
Baylor dh 3 0 0 1
Evans rf 4 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 2 2 2
Gedman c 4 1 2 0
  Henderson ph,cf 0 1 0 0
Owen ss 5 2 2 2
Nipper p 0 0 0 0
  Bolton p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Schiraldi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 12 10
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boston lf 5 1 3 0
Royster 2b 3 2 1 0
  Manrique 2b 1 0 0 0
Baines dh 5 0 0 1
Walker 1b 4 2 2 1
Hassey c 5 2 1 0
Calderon rf 4 2 4 6
Hulett 3b 5 0 0 0
Guillen ss 4 0 3 0
Williams cf 4 0 0 0
Davis p 0 0 0 0
  McKeon p 0 0 0 0
  Winn p 0 0 0 0
  Searage p 0 0 0 0
  James p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 14 8
Boston 022 013 00210121
Chicago 540 000 0009141
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nipper   1.1 7 9 9 2 1
  Bolton   4.1 4 0 0 1 5
  Crawford   0.2 2 0 0 2 1
  Sambito   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Schiraldi  W (2-3) 1.2 1 0 0 3 4
Totals
9.0
14
9
9
8
12
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Davis   3.0 4 4 4 3 2
  McKeon   2.0 5 4 4 1 3
  Winn   3.1 1 0 0 3 1
  Searage  L (1-2) 0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  James   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
10
10
8
6

  E–Gedman (3), Hulett (5).  DP–Boston 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Boston Rice 2 (8,off Davis,off McKeon); Greenwell (7,off James), Chicago Walker (9,off Nipper); Boston (8,off Crawford); Calderon (11,off Schiraldi).  3B–Boston Owen (1,off McKeon).  HR–Boston Buckner (2,2nd inning off Davis 1 on, 2 out), Chicago Calderon 2 (6,1st inning off Nipper 2 on, 1 out,2nd inning off Nipper 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Baylor (2,off McKeon).  SH–Royster (1,off Nipper).  HBP–Williams (2,by Nipper).  IBB–Royster (1,by Crawford); Guillen (2,by Schiraldi).  SB–Boston (9,2nd base off Nipper/Gedman); Royster (2,3rd base off Nipper/Gedman).  WP–Davis (1).  HBP–Nipper (3,Williams).  IBB–Crawford (2,Royster); Schiraldi (2,Guillen).  U-HP–Mark Johnson, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–3:47.  A–21,138.
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