Boston Red Sox vs Seattle Mariners
July 9, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1987 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners 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 5, Seattle Mariners 11

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burks cf 5 0 1 0
Barrett 2b 5 0 0 0
Boggs 3b 5 0 2 0
Rice lf 4 2 1 1
Baylor dh 2 2 0 0
Evans rf 3 1 1 3
Buckner 1b 4 0 2 0
Owen ss 1 0 1 1
Sullivan c 3 0 0 0
  Greenwell ph 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Sheaffer c 0 0 0 0
Hurst p 0 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
  Bolton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Moses cf 5 2 3 1
Bradley lf 3 2 3 3
Valle c 5 1 1 0
Presley 3b 5 0 1 0
Davis 1b 5 2 2 3
Brantley rf 4 1 1 0
Christensen dh 4 2 2 1
Quinones ss 4 1 2 1
Reynolds 2b 3 0 1 1
Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas p 0 0 0 0
  Clarke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 11 16 10
Boston 023 000 000580
Seattle 101 001 71x11160
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hurst   6.0 9 5 5 3 6
  Gardner  L (0-5) 0.1 5 5 5 0 0
  Bolton   1.2 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
16
11
11
4
7
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Campbell   3.0 3 5 5 3 3
  Thomas  W (1-0) 4.2 5 0 0 2 1
  Clarke   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
5
5

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1, Seattle 2.  PB–Sullivan (8).  2B–Boston Burks (14,off Thomas); Boggs (20,off Thomas), Seattle Moses (11,off Hurst); Presley (10,off Hurst); Christensen (4,off Gardner).  HR–Boston Rice (7,2nd inning off Campbell 0 on, 0 out); Evans (17,3rd inning off Campbell 2 on, 2 out), Seattle P Bradley 2 (9,3rd inning off Hurst 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off Hurst 1 on, 0 out); Christensen (2,6th inning off Hurst 0 on, 2 out); Davis 2 (9,7th inning off Gardner 1 on, 1 out,8th inning off Bolton 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Owen (2,off Campbell).  HBP–Baylor (18,by Campbell).  SH–Reynolds (4,off Bolton).  SB–Owen (4,2nd base off Thomas/Valle); Reynolds (31,2nd base off Hurst/Sullivan); Moses (20,2nd base off Bolton/Sullivan).  WP–Clarke (2).  HBP–Campbell (2,Baylor).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Jim Joyce, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–3:12.  A–12,344.
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