Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
September 10, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 10, 1987 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 4, Boston Red Sox 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Stanicek dh 5 0 3 0
Ripken 2b 5 0 1 1
Ripken, Jr. ss 2 1 1 0
Murray 1b 3 1 1 0
Lynn cf 4 0 0 0
Knight 3b 4 1 3 2
Sheets lf 4 0 0 0
Kennedy c 4 0 1 1
Dwyer rf 3 1 1 0
Mesa p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 11 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burks cf 5 0 0 0
Barrett 2b 4 1 2 0
Boggs 3b 3 0 3 1
  Romero pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Greenwell lf 4 1 1 0
Rice dh 3 1 0 0
Benzinger rf 3 1 1 0
Dodson 1b 4 0 0 0
Owen ss 4 1 3 3
Marzano c 4 0 1 1
Woodward p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 5
Baltimore 000 010 0304110
Boston 000 210 02x5110
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Mesa   6.0 7 3 3 2 4
  Williamson   1.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Niedenfuer  L (3-4) 0.2 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
3
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Woodward   7.0 9 3 3 4 1
  Sambito  W (2-4) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Gardner  SV (10) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
4
2

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Boggs 2 (37,off Mesa 2); Barrett (21,off Mesa).  3B–Boston Owen (7,off Niedenfuer).  CS–Benzinger (3,2nd base by Mesa/Kennedy).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–3:04.  A–19,639.
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