Milwaukee Brewers vs Boston Red Sox
July 31, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1988 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Milwaukee Brewers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Brewers 0, Boston Red Sox 5

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Molitor dh 4 0 1 0
Gantner 2b 4 0 2 0
Yount cf 4 0 1 0
Brock 1b 4 0 0 0
Leonard lf 4 0 0 0
Deer rf 3 0 1 0
Surhoff 3b 3 0 1 0
O'Brien c 3 0 2 0
Sveum ss 3 0 0 0
August p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 8 0
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Reed ss 3 0 0 0
Barrett 2b 4 0 1 0
Boggs 3b 4 1 1 0
Greenwell lf 3 1 0 0
Benzinger rf,1b 3 1 1 0
Rice dh 4 1 1 1
Gedman c 2 1 2 3
Parrish 1b 3 0 1 1
  Burks cf 0 0 0 0
Romine cf,rf 3 0 0 0
Boddicker p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 7 5
Milwaukee 000 000 000081
Boston 010 202 00x570
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
August  L (5-5) 7.0 6 5 3 3 2
  Plesac   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
5
3
3
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Boddicker  W (7-12) 7.1 8 0 0 1 6
  Stanley   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
0
0
1
8

  E–Gantner (9).  DP–Milwaukee 1, Boston 1.  HR–Boston Gedman (3,6th inning off August 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Gedman (3,off August).  WP–Plesac (4).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Larry Young, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–2:26.  A–33,527.
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