Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox
August 11, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 11, 1987 at Fenway Park. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 8, Boston Red Sox 3

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Upshaw 1b 4 0 0 0
Moseby cf 5 2 2 2
Whitt c 5 1 2 0
Bell lf 4 0 1 1
McGriff dh 3 0 2 1
  Fielder ph,dh 0 0 0 0
  Leach ph,dh 1 0 1 1
Barfield rf 5 1 1 1
Mulliniks 3b 3 2 2 0
Iorg 2b 3 1 1 0
Gruber ss 4 1 2 2
Key p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 14 8
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burks cf 5 0 0 1
Barrett 2b 3 1 1 0
Boggs 3b 4 0 2 0
Evans 1b 4 0 2 1
Baylor dh 4 1 2 0
Henderson rf 4 0 1 0
Benzinger lf 4 1 1 0
Owen ss 4 0 1 0
Sullivan c 3 0 1 1
  Romero ph 1 0 0 0
Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Bolton p 0 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Schiraldi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 11 3
Toronto 001 021 3018140
Boston 011 100 0003111
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Key  W (14-6) 9.0 11 3 3 1 3
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
1
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Stanley  L (3-12) 6.0 8 4 4 2 3
  Bolton   0.1 2 3 3 1 0
  Gardner   1.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Sambito   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Schiraldi   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
3
5

  E–Evans (5).  DP–Toronto 1, Boston 1.  2B–Toronto McGriff (10,off Gardner), Boston Sullivan (5,off Key); Owen (14,off Key); Evans (30,off Key).  HR–Toronto Barfield (24,6th inning off Stanley 0 on, 1 out); Gruber (10,7th inning off Bolton 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Iorg (4,off Stanley).  SF–Bell (8,off Gardner).  CS–Mulliniks (1,2nd base by Stanley/Sullivan).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–3:07.  A–32,555.
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