Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics
July 2, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 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 3, Oakland Athletics 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Barrett 2b 4 0 1 0
Benzinger cf 4 0 0 0
Boggs 3b 3 0 0 0
Greenwell lf 4 1 2 1
Baylor dh 3 0 0 0
Evans rf 4 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 3 1 1 0
Owen ss 3 0 0 0
Sullivan c 3 1 1 2
Nipper p 0 0 0 0
  Schiraldi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 4 0 1 1
Davis rf 4 0 1 0
Canseco dh 4 1 2 1
McGwire 1b 4 1 2 0
Lansford 3b 4 1 1 0
Murphy cf 3 1 1 0
Steinbach c 4 0 1 1
Phillips 2b 4 1 2 1
Griffin ss 2 0 0 0
Andujar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 11 4
Boston 000 020 001361
Oakland 001 100 03x5110
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nipper  L (7-7) 7.0 10 5 5 2 4
  Schiraldi   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
2
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  W (3-1) 9.0 6 3 3 2 6
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
6

  E–Owen (10).  DP–Boston 1, Oakland 2.  2B–Oakland Canseco (13,off Nipper); Steinbach (7,off Nipper); McGwire (10,off Nipper).  HR–Boston Sullivan (2,5th inning off Andujar 1 on, 2 out); Greenwell (10,9th inning off Andujar 0 on, 1 out), Oakland Canseco (15,8th inning off Nipper 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Griffin (5,off Nipper).  SB–Barrett (7,2nd base off Andujar/Steinbach).  WP–Schiraldi (4).  U-HP–Larry Young, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–2:31.  A–16,134.
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