Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
September 18, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1987 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Boston Red Sox 4, Baltimore Orioles 9

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burks cf 5 0 1 0
Romero 2b 5 0 1 0
Boggs 3b 2 0 0 1
Greenwell lf 3 0 1 0
Evans 1b 4 1 0 0
Horn dh 4 2 2 2
Benzinger rf 3 0 1 0
Owen ss 4 0 0 0
Marzano c 4 1 2 1
Hurst p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Stanicek 2b 5 2 2 2
Gonzales 3b 3 0 1 1
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 0 1 1
Murray 1b 3 0 1 0
Knight dh 4 0 0 0
Lacy rf 4 2 2 0
Sheets lf 2 3 2 2
Hart cf 2 1 1 0
Nichols c 2 0 1 2
  Dwyer ph 0 1 0 0
  Kennedy c 0 0 0 0
Habyan p 0 0 0 0
  O'Connor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 9 11 8
Boston 020 100 100483
Baltimore 000 042 03x9111
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hurst  L (15-11) 5.0 8 6 6 5 3
  Stanley   3.0 3 3 1 3 2
Totals
8.0
11
9
7
8
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Habyan  W (5-5) 6.2 7 4 3 3 4
  O'Connor  SV (2) 2.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
3
6

  E–Burks (3), Greenwell (5), Evans (10), Lacy (3).  DP–Boston 2, Baltimore 1.  2B–Boston Horn (6,off Habyan), Baltimore Lacy (12,off Hurst).  HR–Boston Horn (10,2nd inning off Habyan 1 on, 1 out), Baltimore Sheets (29,5th inning off Hurst 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Boggs (8,off Habyan); C Ripken (10,off Hurst).  SH–Nichols (1,off Hurst); Hart (2,off Stanley); Gonzales (1,off Stanley).  IBB–Dwyer (4,by Stanley).  SB–Burks (24,2nd base off Habyan/Nichols); Stanicek 2 (4,2nd base off Hurst/Marzano,3rd base off Hurst/Marzano); Gonzales (1,2nd base off Hurst/Marzano).  CS–Hart (1,3rd base by Stanley/Marzano); Murray (1,3rd base by Stanley/Marzano).  IBB–Stanley (7,Dwyer).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:46.
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