Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox
June 5, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1988 at Fenway Park. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 12, Boston Red Sox 4

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 5 1 2 0
  Lee ss 0 0 0 0
Moseby cf 4 3 2 3
  Campusano cf 0 0 0 0
Mulliniks dh 3 1 3 2
  Fielder ph,dh 1 0 1 2
Bell lf 6 0 1 1
McGriff 1b 5 3 3 1
Gruber 3b 6 0 3 2
Whitt c 5 1 1 1
Barfield rf 5 1 1 0
Liriano 2b 5 2 2 0
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Ward p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 12 19 12
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 1 1 0
Barrett 2b 2 0 1 0
  Romero 2b 3 1 2 0
Burks cf 4 0 2 1
Evans rf,1b 5 1 1 0
Greenwell dh 3 1 2 1
Rice lf 4 0 1 1
Gedman c 2 0 1 0
  Cerone ph,c 2 0 1 0
Dodson 1b 3 0 1 0
  Romine ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Owen ss 4 0 2 0
Sellers p 0 0 0 0
  Smithson p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Crouch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 15 3
Toronto 021 221 10312190
Boston 102 100 0004150
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb   3.2 8 4 4 3 4
  Eichhorn   0.2 3 0 0 0 1
  Wells   2.2 3 0 0 1 2
  Ward  W (2-0) 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
15
4
4
5
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sellers   1.2 3 2 2 4 1
  Smithson  L (1-2) 3.0 7 5 5 1 3
  Stanley   1.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Lamp   2.0 4 4 4 1 1
  Crouch   1.0 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
19
12
12
7
5

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 4, Boston 1.  2B–Toronto Gruber 2 (17,off Smithson,off Stanley); McGriff 2 (17,off Smithson,off Stanley); Fernandez (12,off Lamp), Boston Barrett (14,off Stieb); Greenwell 2 (11,off Stieb,off Ward); Romero (1,off Stieb).  3B–Boston Rice (1,off Stieb).  HR–Toronto Moseby (7,5th inning off Smithson 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Greenwell (7,by Wells).  SB–Gruber (5,2nd base off Smithson/Gedman); Liriano (7,2nd base off Smithson/Gedman); Moseby (16,2nd base off Lamp/Gedman); Greenwell (6,2nd base off Stieb/Whitt).  WP–Stieb (2), Ward (1).  HBP–Wells (2,Greenwell).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–3:53.  A–33,756.
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