Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
July 19, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 19, 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."

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Oakland Athletics 5, Boston Red Sox 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia cf 6 1 2 1
Lansford 3b 5 0 1 0
Canseco dh 6 0 3 2
McGwire 1b 6 0 1 2
Henderson lf 3 0 0 0
Jackson rf 5 0 2 0
Steinbach c 5 0 0 0
Bernazard 2b 4 2 2 0
Griffin ss 5 2 3 0
Ontiveros p 0 0 0 0
  Leiper p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 5 14 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burks cf 4 0 0 0
Romero 2b 6 0 3 1
Boggs 3b 6 0 0 0
Rice lf 4 1 2 0
Greenwell dh 3 0 1 0
  Baylor ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Evans rf,1b 5 1 1 2
Buckner 1b 3 0 2 0
  Henderson pr,rf 1 1 0 0
Owen ss 2 0 0 0
Sheaffer c 3 0 0 0
  Benzinger ph 1 0 0 0
  Sullivan c 1 0 0 0
Nipper p 0 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
  Schiraldi p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 3 9 3
Oakland 000 030 000 025140
Boston 000 200 001 00390
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Ontiveros   5.0 4 2 2 1 1
  Leiper   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Lamp   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Cadaret   0.2 0 0 0 1 2
  Nelson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Howell  W (3-3) 2.1 2 1 1 4 1
  Caudill  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
9
3
3
6
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nipper   4.1 6 3 3 3 2
  Gardner   4.2 5 0 0 0 4
  Schiraldi   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Sambito   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Stanley  L (3-10) 1.1 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
11.0
14
5
5
4
7

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Oakland Griffin (14,off Nipper); Polonia (11,off Nipper); Jackson (11,off Gardner); Bernazard (13,off Stanley), Boston Greenwell (16,off Leiper).  HR–Boston Evans (19,4th inning off Ontiveros 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Owen 2 (8,off Leiper,off Howell).  SB–Griffin (15,3rd base off Nipper/Sheaffer).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–4:02.  A–34,114.
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