Seattle Mariners vs Boston Red Sox
May 23, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1989 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Mariners 5, Boston Red Sox 6

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Reynolds 2b 2 1 0 0
Bradley lf 3 0 0 0
  Cotto ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Coles 1b 5 1 1 0
Leonard dh 4 1 1 3
Griffey, Jr. cf 4 0 0 0
Presley 3b 4 1 2 1
Briley rf,lf 4 0 2 0
Valle c 4 1 0 0
Vizquel ss 3 0 2 1
  Brantley ph 1 0 0 0
  Diaz ss 0 0 0 0
Swift p 0 0 0 0
  Trout p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 0 1 2
Barrett 2b 5 0 1 0
Burks cf 5 1 2 0
Greenwell lf 4 1 1 0
Evans rf 5 0 2 2
Rice dh 3 1 0 0
Esasky 1b 4 3 3 2
Gedman c 1 0 1 0
  Cerone ph,c 1 0 1 0
Reed ss 1 0 0 0
Dopson p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 12 6
Seattle 310 001 000590
Boston 001 010 2116121
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Swift   6.0 6 4 4 3 4
  Trout   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Reed  L (3-3) 2.0 5 2 2 2 0
Totals
8.2
12
6
6
5
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dopson   6.0 7 5 5 2 5
  Murphy   2.2 2 0 0 1 5
  Smith  W (2-1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
3
10

  E–Barrett (4).  DP–Seattle 1.  2B–Seattle Vizquel (1,off Dopson), Boston Greenwell (8,off Reed); Evans (8,off Reed); Burks (6,off Reed).  3B–Seattle Vizquel (2,off Dopson).  HR–Seattle Leonard (9,1st inning off Dopson 2 on, 1 out); Presley (2,6th inning off Dopson 0 on, 1 out), Boston Esasky (7,7th inning off Swift 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Reed 2 (5,off Swift,off Trout).  SF–Boggs (3,off Swift).  IBB–Greenwell (7,by Reed).  SB–Briley (2,2nd base off Dopson/Gedman).  IBB–Reed (3,Greenwell).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–3:15.  A–28,069.
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