Boston Red Sox vs Seattle Mariners
August 26, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1988 at Kingdome. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 5, Seattle Mariners 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 5 1 2 2
Barrett 2b 3 0 1 2
Evans rf 3 0 0 0
Greenwell lf 4 0 1 0
Burks cf 4 0 0 0
Benzinger 1b 3 1 1 1
Rice dh 4 1 2 0
Reed ss 4 1 1 0
Gedman c 3 1 1 0
Boyd p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Bolton p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cotto cf 3 0 0 0
  Fields ph 1 0 0 0
Reynolds 2b 3 1 0 0
Coles dh 4 1 1 0
Davis 1b 4 0 1 2
Brantley lf 4 0 0 0
Bradley c 3 0 1 0
Buhner rf 3 0 0 0
Presley 3b 3 0 0 0
Quinones ss 3 1 1 1
Bankhead p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Wilkinson p 0 0 0 0
  Swift p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 4 3
Boston 011 000 300590
Seattle 001 000 002341
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Boyd  W (9-7) 6.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Stanley   2.2 1 2 2 1 0
  Bolton   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Smith  SV (20) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
1
1
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Bankhead  L (7-8) 6.1 8 5 5 1 6
  Jackson   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Wilkinson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Swift   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
3
6

  E–Reynolds (14).  DP–Seattle 3.  2B–Boston Reed (14,off Bankhead); Boggs (36,off Bankhead), Seattle Davis (18,off Bolton).  3B–Boston Boggs (6,off Bankhead).  HR–Boston Benzinger (13,2nd inning off Bankhead 0 on, 2 out), Seattle Quinones (11,3rd inning off Boyd 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Barrett (7,off Jackson).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Larry Young.  T–2:28.  A–16,109.
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