Boston Red Sox vs Chicago White Sox
July 9, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1988 at Comiskey Park I. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 8, Chicago White Sox 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 5 1 2 0
Reed 2b,ss 5 1 0 0
Evans 1b 5 0 3 0
  Romine pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Greenwell lf 5 1 1 1
Burks cf 5 1 1 1
Rice dh 3 1 2 0
Benzinger rf,1b 4 2 1 2
Cerone c 4 0 1 2
Owen ss 3 0 0 0
  Barrett ph,2b 1 0 0 1
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 11 7
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Redus lf 4 1 1 0
Lyons 3b 4 0 0 0
Baines dh 3 0 0 0
Pasqua rf 4 0 2 1
Walker 1b 3 0 0 0
Boston cf 4 1 1 1
Salas c 4 0 0 0
Woodard 2b 4 0 0 0
Manrique ss 4 0 0 0
Bittiger p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Rosenberg p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 4 2
Boston 000 001 001 68110
Chicago 010 001 000 0242
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens   8.0 3 2 2 1 15
  Smith  W (3-4) 2.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
10.0
4
2
2
3
16
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Bittiger   6.0 5 1 1 2 4
  Davis   3.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Horton  L (4-7) 0.1 3 4 3 0 0
  Patterson   0.0 1 2 2 2 0
  Rosenberg   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
11
8
7
5
6

  E–Boston (5), Woodard (2).  2B–Boston Rice (10,off Bittiger); Cerone (10,off Patterson), Chicago Pasqua (12,off Smith).  HR–Boston Benzinger (4,9th inning off John Davis 0 on, 1 out), Chicago Boston (10,2nd inning off Clemens 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Reed (4,off Bittiger).  SF–Barrett (5,off Rosenberg).  HBP–Lyons (1,by Clemens).  IBB–Walker (2,by Smith).  SB–Redus (22,2nd base off Clemens/Cerone).  HBP–Clemens (4,Lyons).  IBB–Smith (3,Walker).  U-HP–Drew Coble, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–3:16.  A–23,699.
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