Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
May 17, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1988 at Fenway Park. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 12, Boston Red Sox 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Lansford 3b 5 3 3 1
  Hubbard ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Parker dh 5 1 2 2
Canseco rf 4 2 1 1
  Jennings lf 0 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 3 2 1 2
Hassey c 4 1 2 2
  Mercado c 0 0 0 0
Henderson cf 5 0 1 2
Javier lf,rf 5 1 1 1
Phillips 2b 2 1 1 1
  Gallego 2b,3b 2 0 1 0
Weiss ss 5 1 3 0
Ontiveros p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 12 16 12
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 4 0 1 3
Barrett 2b 5 0 0 0
Boggs 3b 5 2 3 0
Evans 1b 5 1 3 1
Greenwell lf 4 0 1 1
Horn dh 5 0 1 0
Benzinger rf 5 1 2 2
Romero ss 5 1 2 0
Cerone c 4 2 3 0
Ellsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Trautwein p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 7 16 7
Oakland 241 410 00012161
Boston 002 102 0027160
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Ontiveros  W (2-1) 6.0 12 5 5 0 4
  Honeycutt  SV (4) 3.0 4 2 2 0 3
Totals
9.0
16
7
7
0
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ellsworth  L (1-5) 1.2 6 6 6 2 2
  Trautwein   1.2 6 5 5 2 2
  Stanley   5.2 4 1 1 0 6
Totals
9.0
16
12
12
4
10

  E–Phillips (5).  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–Oakland Lansford (10,off Ellsworth); Parker (5,off Ellsworth); Hassey (6,off Trautwein), Boston Benzinger (4,off Ontiveros); Evans (7,off Honeycutt).  3B–Oakland Javier (1,off Trautwein), Boston Anderson (2,off Ontiveros).  HR–Oakland McGwire (11,4th inning off Trautwein 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Phillips (1,off Stanley).  HBP–Greenwell (6,by Honeycutt); Anderson (3,by Honeycutt).  SB–Canseco (14,2nd base off Trautwein/Cerone).  BK–Honeycutt (5).  HBP–Honeycutt 2 (2,Greenwell,Anderson).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:59.  A–28,407.
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