Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
July 17, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1987 at Fenway Park. 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)
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Oakland Athletics 11, Boston Red Sox 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf,cf 6 2 2 1
Bernazard 2b 4 1 0 0
Canseco dh 4 2 1 1
McGwire 1b 5 1 1 3
Lansford 3b 5 1 3 3
Jackson rf 4 1 1 0
Murphy cf 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph,lf 5 1 2 0
Steinbach c 4 1 3 1
Griffin ss 3 1 1 1
Andujar p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Leiper p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 11 14 10
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burks cf 6 0 2 2
Barrett 2b 5 0 2 0
Boggs 3b 4 1 1 0
Rice lf 4 1 1 1
Greenwell dh,c 3 2 1 0
Evans rf 5 1 2 1
Buckner 1b 4 1 1 0
Owen ss 3 0 0 0
  Baylor ph 0 0 0 1
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Schiraldi p 0 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 1 1
Sullivan c 2 0 0 0
  Benzinger ph 0 0 0 0
  Sheaffer c 0 0 0 0
  Romero ph,ss 2 0 1 0
Boyd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 12 6
Oakland 000 003 100 711141
Boston 000 100 003 26121
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar   7.0 5 1 1 3 1
  Nelson   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Leiper   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Howell   1.0 2 3 3 3 1
  Cadaret  W (1-0) 0.2 2 2 2 1 0
  Lamp   0.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
12
6
6
7
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Boyd   7.0 8 4 4 1 2
  Stanley  L (3-9) 2.0 1 2 1 0 3
  Sambito   0.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Schiraldi   0.0 2 4 4 2 0
  Gardner   0.2 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
14
11
10
3
8

  E–Bernazard (7), Greenwell (2).  DP–Oakland 1, Boston 1.  2B–Oakland Jackson (10,off Boyd); Henderson (1,off Boyd); Steinbach (9,off Stanley), Boston Boggs (24,off Andujar); Burks (18,off Andujar); Buckner (6,off Andujar); Barrett (10,off G Nelson); Evans (22,off Howell).  3B–Oakland Lansford (2,off Boyd), Boston Burks (1,off Howell).  HR–Oakland McGwire (34,10th inning off Schiraldi 2 on, 1 out); Lansford (10,10th inning off Schiraldi 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Steinbach (1,off Boyd); Griffin (6,off Stanley).  SF–Griffin (1,off Boyd); Baylor (5,off Howell).  SB–Polonia 2 (22,2nd base off Schiraldi/Greenwell,3rd base off Schiraldi/Greenwell).  CS–Lansford (4,2nd base by Boyd/Sullivan); Steinbach (2,2nd base by Boyd/Sullivan); Greenwell (3,2nd base by Andujar/Steinbach).  WP–Gardner (2).  BK–Boyd (2).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–3:53.  A–34,543.
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