Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
August 19, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 19, 1988 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Oakland Athletics 6, Boston Red Sox 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 5 2 3 2
Henderson cf 4 1 1 2
Canseco rf 4 0 1 0
McGwire 1b 5 1 1 0
Steinbach c 4 0 1 0
  Sinatro pr,c 0 0 0 0
Baylor dh 4 1 2 2
Phillips 3b 3 0 0 0
  Hassey ph 0 0 0 0
  Gallego pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 4 0 1 0
Weiss ss 3 1 1 0
  Lansford ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 6
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 3 2 1 0
Barrett 2b 5 2 3 2
Evans rf 0 1 0 0
Greenwell lf 4 1 2 3
Burks cf 3 0 0 1
Benzinger 1b 4 0 0 0
Rice dh 3 0 0 0
Reed ss 3 0 0 0
Gedman c 4 1 1 0
Smithson p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 7 7 6
Oakland 001 210 2006112
Boston 001 050 10x771
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  L (15-11) 6.0 6 7 6 6 3
  Nelson   1.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Cadaret   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
7
6
8
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Smithson   6.2 10 6 6 0 6
  Stanley  W (5-1) 2.1 1 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
1
10

  E–Steinbach 2 (6), Reed (8).  DP–Oakland 1, Boston 1.  PB–Steinbach (3).  2B–Oakland Weiss (11,off Smithson); Polonia (6,off Smithson), Boston Barrett 2 (24,off Stewart 2).  3B–Oakland Polonia (2,off Smithson).  HR–Oakland Baylor (6,4th inning off Smithson 1 on, 1 out); Polonia (2,7th inning off Smithson 0 on, 2 out); Henderson (19,7th inning off Smithson 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Henderson (5,off Smithson).  HBP–Canseco (8,by Stanley).  SH–Evans (1,off Nelson).  SB–Greenwell (14,2nd base off Nelson/Steinbach).  HBP–Stanley (6,Canseco).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Mark Johnson.  T–3:04.  A–33,993.
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