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 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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Boston Red Sox 10, Baltimore Orioles 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Reed ss 6 1 3 2
Barrett 2b 6 2 4 2
Dodson 1b 2 1 1 3
Evans dh 5 1 1 1
Rice lf 3 1 2 0
  Burks cf 0 0 0 0
Benzinger rf 3 0 0 1
Romero 3b 5 1 2 0
Romine cf,lf 5 2 3 1
Sullivan c 5 1 1 0
Woodward p 0 0 0 0
  Bolton p 0 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 10 17 10
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Stanicek 2b 4 0 2 0
Washington 3b 4 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0
Lynn dh 5 0 1 0
Murray 1b 3 2 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 2 3 0
Sheets rf 4 1 3 3
Kennedy c 4 2 2 1
Young lf 4 0 2 1
Hart cf 3 0 0 1
Ballard p 0 0 0 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Kinnunen p 0 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 14 6
Boston 100 060 30010170
Baltimore 010 102 0307140
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Woodward  W (1-0) 5.1 9 4 3 1 1
  Bolton   2.0 4 3 3 1 1
  Gardner   1.2 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
14
7
6
3
4
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Ballard  L (2-6) 4.0 9 6 6 3 0
  Griffin   2.2 5 4 4 3 3
  Kinnunen   1.1 2 0 0 1 1
  Niedenfuer   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
17
10
10
8
5

  E–None.  DP–Boston 4, Baltimore 3.  PB–Sullivan (11).  2B–Boston Romine 2 (2,off Griffin,off Kinnunen), Baltimore Lynn (22,off Woodward); Murray (26,off Woodward); C Ripken 2 (26,off Woodward,off Bolton); Young (8,off Gardner).  HR–Boston Dodson (1,5th inning off Ballard 2 on, 0 out), Baltimore Kennedy (17,2nd inning off Woodward 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Benzinger (3,off Griffin).  IBB–Dodson (1,by Niedenfuer).  HBP–Stanicek (1,by Woodward).  SB–Reed (1,2nd base off Niedenfuer/Kennedy).  WP–Kinnunen (1).  HBP–Woodward (1,Stanicek).  IBB–Niedenfuer (3,Dodson).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–3:25.  A–19,000.
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