Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
April 15, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1989 at Fenway Park. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 12, Boston Red Sox 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 5 2 2 3
Bradley lf 5 1 2 2
Orsulak rf 2 1 0 0
  Devereaux ph,rf 3 1 2 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 1 2 0
Sheets dh 5 1 1 4
Traber 1b 2 0 2 1
  Milligan ph,1b 0 1 0 0
Tettleton c 5 1 1 0
Worthington 3b 4 1 1 0
  Ripken pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Gonzales 2b,3b 3 1 1 1
Ballard p 0 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 12 14 11
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 5 0 2 0
Barrett 2b 4 0 0 1
Burks cf 5 0 0 0
Greenwell lf 4 0 0 0
Rice dh 4 1 1 0
Evans rf 2 2 2 1
Esasky 1b 3 0 0 0
Cerone c 4 1 3 2
Reed ss 3 0 2 0
Boddicker p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Smithson p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 4
Baltimore 003 101 00712140
Boston 010 100 0024100
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Ballard  W (2-0) 5.2 6 2 2 3 1
  Olson  SV (1) 3.1 4 2 2 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
4
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Boddicker  L (1-1) 5.1 7 5 5 3 4
  Murphy   2.2 3 1 1 1 3
  Smithson   0.1 3 6 6 2 0
  Lamp   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
12
12
7
7

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Worthington (4,off Boddicker); C Ripken (1,off Murphy); Tettleton (1,off Smithson), Boston Cerone (2,off Olson).  3B–Baltimore Bradley (3,off Murphy).  HR–Baltimore Sheets (1,9th inning off Smithson 2 on, 0 out); Anderson (1,9th inning off Smithson 2 on, 1 out), Boston Evans (2,9th inning off Olson 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Gonzales (3,off Boddicker).  SF–Sheets (1,off Boddicker); Bradley (1,off Boddicker); Gonzales (1,off Smithson); Barrett (2,off Olson).  HBP–C Ripken (2,by Boddicker); Worthington (1,by Smithson).  SB–Traber (1,2nd base off Boddicker/Cerone); Gonzales (2,2nd base off Murphy/Cerone); Milligan (1,2nd base off Murphy/Cerone).  WP–Boddicker (1).  HBP–Boddicker (2,C Ripken); Smithson (1,Worthington).  U-HP–Drew Coble, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–3:19.  A–28,457.
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