California Angels vs Boston Red Sox
May 21, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1988 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 4, Boston Red Sox 8

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Downing dh 5 0 0 0
McLemore 2b 3 1 2 0
Ray lf 5 1 2 1
Joyner 1b 5 1 0 0
Davis rf 4 1 2 2
Armas cf 3 0 0 0
Polidor 3b 2 0 0 0
  Hendrick ph 1 0 1 0
  Noboa pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Boone c 3 0 0 0
Schofield ss 2 0 0 0
  Howell ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Krawczyk p 0 0 0 0
  Cliburn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf,rf 5 0 1 0
Barrett 2b 4 2 1 0
Boggs 3b 2 3 2 0
Evans 1b 4 0 1 1
Greenwell lf 4 2 3 4
Benzinger rf 5 0 0 0
  Burks cf 0 0 0 0
Cerone dh 4 1 2 1
Gedman c 4 0 1 1
Romero ss 3 0 1 1
  Reed ss 0 0 0 0
Hurst p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 12 8
California 003 000 010471
Boston 203 030 00x8121
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Krawczyk  L (0-1) 4.2 9 8 8 2 4
  Cliburn   3.1 3 0 0 3 2
Totals
8.0
12
8
8
5
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hurst  W (6-1) 7.2 7 4 2 5 6
  Smith  SV (6) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
2
6
7

  E–McLemore (5), Evans (6).  DP–California 1.  2B–California Ray (16,off Hurst).  3B–California C Davis (2,off Hurst).  HR–California C Davis (4,8th inning off Hurst 0 on, 2 out), Boston Greenwell (5,3rd inning off Krawczyk 2 on, 1 out).  HBP–Romero (1,by Krawczyk); Barrett (3,by Krawczyk).  SB–McLemore (8,2nd base off Hurst/Gedman).  CS–Anderson (1,2nd base by Krawczyk/Boone).  WP–Krawczyk (2).  HBP–Krawczyk 2 (2,Romero,Barrett).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:07.  A–32,180.
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