Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics
July 4, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 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."

"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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 5, Oakland Athletics 9

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burks cf 5 0 1 0
Barrett 2b 5 0 0 0
Boggs 3b 5 1 2 0
Greenwell lf 4 1 2 0
Baylor dh 4 1 1 1
Evans rf 3 2 2 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 1 1
Owen ss 3 0 1 1
  Rice ph 1 0 1 1
  Romero pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Sullivan c 3 0 1 1
  Benzinger ph 1 0 0 0
  Gedman c 0 0 0 0
Hurst 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 5 12 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 5 1 2 0
Lansford 3b 4 2 2 0
Davis rf 4 1 1 1
McGwire 1b 5 1 1 2
Canseco dh 4 2 2 4
Murphy cf 4 0 1 1
Phillips 2b 4 0 1 0
Tettleton c 4 1 2 1
Griffin ss 4 1 2 0
Rijo p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 14 9
Boston 000 010 1305120
Oakland 400 030 02x9141
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hurst  L (9-6) 5.0 9 7 7 1 9
  Crawford   1.1 2 0 0 1 2
  Sambito   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Schiraldi   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
14
9
9
2
12
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Rijo  W (1-4) 7.1 11 5 3 0 4
  Eckersley  SV (4) 1.2 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
12
5
3
1
6

  E–Tettleton (4).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Boston Boggs (19,off Rijo), Oakland Polonia (8,off Hurst); Canseco (14,off Hurst); Murphy (3,off Hurst); M Davis (18,off Schiraldi).  HR–Oakland McGwire (29,5th inning off Hurst 1 on, 1 out); Canseco (16,5th inning off Hurst 0 on, 1 out); Tettleton (3,8th inning off Sambito 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Griffin (13,2nd base off Schiraldi/Gedman).  WP–Rijo (1).  BK–Hurst (1).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Larry Young, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:59.  A–24,298.
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