Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
May 18, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1988 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics 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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Oakland Athletics 1, Boston Red Sox 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Lansford 3b 3 1 2 0
Parker lf 4 0 2 0
Canseco rf 4 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 2 0 0 1
Henderson cf 4 0 1 0
Hassey c 4 0 0 0
Baylor dh 4 0 1 0
Hubbard 2b 1 0 0 0
  Jennings ph 1 0 0 0
Weiss ss 3 0 0 0
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 5 0 2 0
Barrett 2b 5 0 1 1
Boggs 3b 1 0 0 0
Evans 1b 4 0 1 0
Greenwell lf 4 1 0 0
Horn dh 3 0 0 0
  Burks pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Benzinger rf 3 1 0 0
Romero ss 4 0 2 1
  Reed pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Cerone c 2 1 1 0
Boyd p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 7 2
Oakland 001 000 000162
Boston 001 000 30x471
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  L (8-2) 6.0 6 4 2 9 3
  Nelson   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
4
2
9
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Boyd  W (5-2) 8.0 6 1 1 4 4
  Smith  SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
4
6

  E–Parker (4), Stewart (1), Anderson (1).  2B–Oakland Parker (6,off Boyd), Boston Barrett (9,off Stewart); Anderson (4,off Stewart).  SH–Hubbard (3,off Boyd); Benzinger (2,off Stewart).  SF–McGwire (1,off Boyd).  IBB–Boggs (5,by Stewart).  CS–Weiss (1,2nd base by Boyd/Cerone).  BK–Stewart (12).  IBB–Stewart (3,Boggs).  U-HP–Drew Coble, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:55.  A–24,683.
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