Boston Red Sox vs California Angels
May 18, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1989 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 5, California Angels 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 2 0 0 0
  Reed ss 3 0 0 1
Barrett 2b 5 1 1 1
Burks cf 4 0 1 0
Greenwell lf 4 1 1 1
Heep 1b 3 0 0 0
  Esasky 1b 1 1 1 0
Evans rf 4 1 3 0
Rice dh 3 0 0 0
  Kutcher ph,dh 1 1 1 1
Gedman c 4 0 1 0
Romero ss,3b 3 0 1 1
Dopson p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 5
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Washington rf 4 0 1 0
Ray 2b 3 1 1 0
White cf 4 1 1 2
Downing dh 4 0 2 0
Davis lf 4 0 2 0
Joyner 1b 4 0 0 0
Parrish c 4 0 1 0
Howell 3b 2 0 1 0
  Bichette ph 1 0 0 0
  Hoffman 3b 0 0 0 0
Anderson ss 2 0 1 0
Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 10 2
Boston 100 110 0025100
California 000 002 0002101
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dopson  W (5-2) 6.1 9 2 2 1 2
  Murphy  SV (1) 2.2 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
2
4
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Witt  L (3-4) 8.0 10 5 5 0 0
  Minton   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
1
0

  E–Parrish (2).  DP–Boston 5.  2B–Boston Evans (7,off Witt).  HR–Boston Barrett (1,1st inning off Witt 0 on, 1 out); Greenwell (7,4th inning off Witt 0 on, 2 out), California White (4,6th inning off Dopson 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Romero (1,by Minton).  IBB–Minton (2,Romero).  U-HP–Terry Cooney, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:36.  A–28,114.
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