Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
July 18, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 1987 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 3, Boston Red Sox 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia cf 5 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 0 0 0
Canseco lf 4 1 1 1
McGwire 1b 4 0 1 0
Henderson rf 4 1 4 0
Steinbach dh 4 1 2 0
Tettleton c 3 0 1 2
Bernazard 2b 3 0 0 0
Griffin ss 3 0 0 0
Rijo p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burks cf 4 0 2 0
Barrett 2b 5 0 0 0
Boggs 3b 3 0 0 0
Rice lf 5 1 2 1
Greenwell dh 4 1 1 0
Evans rf,1b 5 1 2 0
Buckner 1b 3 0 1 0
  Henderson pr,rf 1 1 1 2
Owen ss 3 0 0 0
  Baylor ph 0 0 0 1
  Romero ss 0 0 0 0
Sheaffer c 3 1 0 0
  Benzinger ph 1 0 1 0
  Sullivan c 0 0 0 0
Hurst p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 4
Oakland 110 100 000 0391
Boston 001 000 011 25100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Rijo   7.1 6 2 2 3 4
  Cadaret   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Eckersley  L (6-5) 1.2 3 2 2 0 1
  Nelson   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hurst  W (10-6) 10.0 9 3 3 2 6
Totals
10.0
9
3
3
2
6

  E–Lansford (5).  DP–Boston 2.  PB–Tettleton (1).  2B–Oakland Steinbach 2 (11,off Hurst 2), Boston Greenwell (15,off Rijo).  HR–Oakland Canseco (19,1st inning off Hurst 0 on, 2 out), Boston Rice (8,9th inning off Eckersley 0 on, 2 out); Henderson (7,10th inning off G Nelson 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Bernazard (5,off Hurst).  SF–Baylor (6,off Eckersley).  HBP–Greenwell (5,by Rijo).  CS–McGwire (1,2nd base by Hurst/Sheaffer).  WP–Rijo (2).  BK–Rijo (1).  HBP–Rijo (2,Greenwell).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–3:03.  A–34,720.
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