Boston Red Sox vs California Angels
May 31, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1988 at Anaheim Stadium. 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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Boston Red Sox 4, California Angels 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Anderson rf 4 1 0 0
Barrett 2b 4 0 3 1
Boggs 3b 3 0 0 0
Evans 1b 3 1 1 0
Burks cf 4 1 1 0
Benzinger lf 4 0 1 1
Rice dh 3 0 0 0
Gedman c 3 1 0 0
Owen ss 2 0 1 1
Smithson p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 7 3
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Schofield ss 3 1 1 0
  Eppard ph 1 0 0 0
Ray 2b 5 1 1 0
Joyner 1b 4 1 2 1
Downing dh 4 0 1 1
Davis rf 3 0 0 0
Howell 3b 3 0 0 1
Hendrick lf 4 0 1 0
Armas cf 3 0 1 0
  Walker ph 0 0 0 0
Miller c 3 0 1 0
Fraser p 0 0 0 0
  Buice p 0 0 0 0
  Corbett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
Boston 100 200 100471
California 000 000 030380
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Smithson  W (1-1) 7.0 5 0 0 0 3
  Smith   2.0 3 3 2 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
1
3
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Fraser  L (4-4) 6.2 6 4 4 5 3
  Buice   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Corbett   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
5
7

  E–Owen (4).  DP–California 3.  2B–Boston Evans (10,off Fraser); Benzinger (6,off Fraser); Barrett (12,off Fraser), California Downing (6,off Smithson).  SH–Owen (2,off Fraser); C Davis (1,off Smith); Miller (1,off Smith).  SF–Owen (1,off Fraser); Howell (2,off Smith).  IBB–Gedman (2,by Fraser).  HBP–Schofield (1,by Smithson).  WP–Fraser (5).  HBP–Smithson (1,Schofield).  IBB–Fraser (6,Gedman).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–2:51.  A–24,005.
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