Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics
May 20, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1989 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 3, Oakland Athletics 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Reed ss 4 2 2 0
Barrett 2b 5 1 1 0
Burks cf 4 0 1 1
Greenwell lf 3 0 1 1
Heep 1b 4 0 2 0
Evans rf 2 0 0 1
Rice dh 3 0 0 0
  Kutcher pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Gedman c 3 0 0 0
Romero 3b 2 0 0 0
  Horn ph 1 0 0 0
Gardner p 0 0 0 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
  Smithson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 3 2 1 0
Javier cf 3 1 2 0
Parker dh 4 1 2 2
McGwire 1b 4 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 1 1 2
Lansford 3b 3 0 1 1
Phillips 2b 4 0 0 0
Beane rf 3 0 0 0
Gallego ss 3 1 1 1
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 8 6
Boston 100 000 020372
Oakland 321 000 00x680
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Gardner  L (1-4) 1.1 5 5 2 2 0
  Price   5.2 3 1 1 1 1
  Smithson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
6
3
3
1
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  W (8-1) 7.2 6 3 3 5 3
  Eckersley  SV (13) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
5
4

  E–Barrett (3), Romero (1).  DP–Boston 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Boston Reed (10,off Eckersley).  3B–Oakland Javier (2,off Price).  HR–Oakland Gallego (1,2nd inning off Gardner 0 on, 1 out); Steinbach (2,3rd inning off Price 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Burks (2,off Stewart); Evans (2,off Stewart).  HBP–Romero (1,by Stewart).  SB–Polonia (9,2nd base off Gardner/Gedman).  HBP–Stewart (3,Romero).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–2:29.  A–43,427.
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