Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics
May 19, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 1989 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 7, Oakland Athletics 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Reed ss 5 0 2 2
Barrett 2b 6 0 0 0
Burks cf 2 2 0 0
Greenwell lf 4 1 2 0
Heep 1b 4 0 1 1
  Esasky 1b 1 1 0 0
Evans rf 3 1 1 4
Rice dh 4 0 1 0
  Kutcher pr,dh 1 1 0 0
Gedman c 4 1 2 0
Romero 3b 5 0 1 0
Boddicker p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 10 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Javier rf 4 0 1 0
Henderson cf 5 0 1 2
Parker dh 4 1 1 0
McGwire 1b 3 0 1 0
Lansford 3b 4 1 3 0
Hassey c 4 0 0 1
Steinbach lf 4 0 2 0
  Blankenship pr 0 1 0 0
  Scott ss 1 0 0 1
Phillips 2b 5 0 0 0
Gallego ss 2 0 0 0
  Polonia ph,lf 1 1 1 0
Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 4
Boston 001 000 011 47101
Oakland 000 100 002 14101
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Boddicker   7.2 5 1 1 4 4
  Smith   0.2 4 2 2 1 1
  Stanley  W (2-1) 1.2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.0
10
4
4
5
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Moore   7.2 4 2 2 5 2
  Nelson  L (1-1) 1.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Honeycutt   0.0 1 2 2 0 0
  Eckersley   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Cadaret   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
10
7
7
5
3

  E–Barrett (2), Gallego (7).  DP–Boston 2, Oakland 1.  2B–Boston Gedman (4,off Moore); Heep (1,off Moore), Oakland McGwire (5,off Boddicker); Lansford (12,off Stanley).  HR–Boston Evans (5,10th inning off Eckersley 3 on, 0 out).  SH–Gedman (1,off Nelson).  SF–Reed (1,off Moore); Hassey (4,off Boddicker).  HBP–Burks (4,by Nelson); Gallego (1,by Boddicker).  IBB–Parker (3,by Smith).  WP–Boddicker 2 (3).  HBP–Boddicker (4,Gallego); Nelson (2,Burks).  IBB–Smith (2,Parker).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–John Shulock.  T–3:51.  A–40,382.
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