New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
September 16, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1988 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees 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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New York Yankees 4, Boston Red Sox 7

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 1 2 0
Washington cf 5 2 2 1
Mattingly 1b 4 0 2 1
Winfield rf 4 0 1 2
Clark dh 3 0 0 0
Pagliarulo 3b 3 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 4 0 1 0
Skinner c 3 0 0 0
  Morris ph 1 0 0 0
Santana ss 2 1 0 0
  Phelps ph 0 0 0 0
  Velarde pr 0 0 0 0
Leiter p 0 0 0 0
  Shields p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
  Guetterman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 1 1 0
Barrett 2b 4 1 1 1
Evans rf 4 1 1 1
Greenwell lf 3 2 2 0
Burks cf 3 2 2 0
Rice dh 1 0 0 0
  Quintana ph,dh 1 0 0 1
Parrish 1b 2 0 0 0
  Benzinger ph,1b 1 0 1 2
Reed ss 2 0 1 1
Cerone c 4 0 0 0
Gardner p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 7 9 6
New York 200 000 020480
Boston 020 050 00x790
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Leiter   1.0 1 2 2 2 0
  Shields  L (4-5) 3.2 7 5 5 1 1
  Mohorcic   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Guetterman   3.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
4
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Gardner  W (8-4) 7.1 6 4 4 2 8
  Lamp   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Smith  SV (27) 1.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
8

  E–None.  DP–New York 3, Boston 1.  2B–New York Washington (19,off Gardner); Mattingly (35,off Gardner); Winfield (36,off Lamp), Boston Barrett (25,off Shields).  SH–Reed (10,off Guetterman).  HBP–Rice (2,by Leiter); Greenwell (9,by Shields); Reed (3,by Mohorcic).  SB–Henderson (84,2nd base off Gardner/Cerone).  HBP–Leiter (5,Rice); Shields (2,Greenwell); Mohorcic (7,Reed).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:59.  A–35,226.
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