Boston Red Sox vs California Angels
September 4, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1988 at Anaheim Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 6, California Angels 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 2 2 1
Barrett 2b 4 1 0 0
Evans rf 5 0 1 0
Greenwell lf 4 1 0 0
Burks cf 4 0 1 2
Benzinger 1b 4 0 0 0
Parrish dh 5 1 2 2
Reed ss 5 0 2 0
Cerone c 2 1 1 0
  Gedman c 3 0 1 0
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 10 5
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Downing dh 5 1 1 2
Ray 2b 5 0 4 1
Joyner 1b 4 0 1 0
Davis cf,rf 5 0 0 0
Howell 3b 5 1 2 0
Brown rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Miller lf 3 1 1 1
  White cf 1 0 0 0
Dorsett c 2 0 0 0
  Bosley pr 0 1 0 0
  Boone c 1 0 0 0
Schofield ss 3 1 1 1
Petry p 0 0 0 0
  Corbett p 0 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
  Harvey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 10 5
Boston 003 000 200 16101
California 040 000 100 05103
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens   6.2 8 5 5 1 7
  Stanley  W (6-2) 2.1 1 0 0 1 3
  Smith  SV (22) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
10
5
5
2
12
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Petry   5.2 8 3 2 1 4
  Corbett   0.1 0 1 0 1 0
  Minton   3.0 0 1 0 3 1
  Harvey  L (6-5) 1.0 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
10.0
10
6
3
7
5

  E–Greenwell (6), Howell (13), Brown (1), Miller (3).  DP–Boston 1, California 1.  2B–Boston Cerone (13,off Petry), California Ray (35,off Stanley).  3B–California Ray (7,off Clemens).  HR–Boston Parrish (12,10th inning off Harvey 0 on, 0 out), California Downing (21,2nd inning off Clemens 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Barrett (15,off Minton); Schofield (9,off Clemens).  HBP–Burks (2,by Minton).  IBB–Greenwell (16,by Minton); Benzinger (4,by Minton); Joyner (13,by Stanley).  SB–Evans (4,2nd base off Petry/Dorsett).  CS–Burks (8,2nd base by Petry/Dorsett).  BK–Clemens (7), Stanley (1).  HBP–Minton (2,Burks).  IBB–Stanley (6,Joyner); Minton 2 (7,Greenwell,Benzinger).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:48.  A–30,224.
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