Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox
August 12, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 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 10, Boston Red Sox 4

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 5 1 3 1
  Gruber pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Moseby cf 4 1 2 1
Whitt c 5 0 1 0
Bell lf 5 2 2 1
McGriff dh 3 3 3 1
Barfield rf 3 1 1 3
  Leach rf 1 0 0 0
Mulliniks 3b 5 0 3 3
Upshaw 1b 5 1 1 0
Iorg 2b 4 1 1 0
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Musselman p 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 10 17 10
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burks cf 5 1 1 0
Barrett 2b 5 0 1 0
Boggs 3b 3 0 1 1
Evans 1b 4 1 2 1
Greenwell lf 2 2 1 0
Horn dh 3 0 0 0
Benzinger rf 4 0 0 1
Owen ss 3 0 1 0
Marzano c 4 0 1 1
Sellers p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Toronto 400 230 10010171
Boston 110 000 020480
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb  W (12-5) 7.0 6 2 2 3 8
  Musselman   1.0 2 2 1 0 1
  Eichhorn   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
3
9
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sellers  L (4-5) 4.0 10 8 8 2 3
  Crawford   3.0 3 2 2 1 1
  Gardner   2.0 4 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
17
10
10
3
5

  E–Bell (7).  DP–Toronto 1, Boston 2.  2B–Toronto Fernandez (25,off Sellers); Mulliniks (18,off Sellers); Iorg (10,off Sellers); McGriff (11,off Gardner), Boston Burks (23,off Stieb); Evans (31,off Stieb).  HR–Toronto Barfield (25,5th inning off Crawford 2 on, 0 out), Boston Evans (26,8th inning off Musselman 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Moseby (2,off Sellers); Boggs (6,off Stieb).  HBP–Horn (1,by Stieb).  WP–Stieb (3), Crawford (2).  HBP–Stieb (4,Horn).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–2:56.  A–33,403.
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