Boston Red Sox vs Toronto Blue Jays
July 1, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 1, 1989 at Skydome. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 3, Toronto Blue Jays 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 2 1 1 0
Reed ss 5 0 3 0
Heep rf 2 0 0 1
  Romine rf 2 0 0 0
Greenwell lf 4 1 1 1
Evans dh 4 1 1 0
Esasky 1b 4 0 2 1
Gedman c 4 0 0 0
Romero 2b 4 0 1 0
Kutcher cf 3 0 1 0
Hetzel p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 3
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Felix rf 5 0 1 0
Fernandez ss 5 0 1 1
Gruber 3b 5 0 1 0
Bell lf 3 0 1 0
McGriff 1b 4 0 2 0
Moseby cf 3 0 0 0
Whitt c 1 0 0 0
  Borders ph,c 2 0 0 0
Mulliniks dh 1 0 0 0
  Lee ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Liriano 2b 4 1 1 0
Stottlemyre p 0 0 0 0
  Ward p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 7 1
Boston 001 101 0003101
Toronto 000 000 100171
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hetzel  W (1-0) 5.2 3 0 0 4 4
  Murphy   1.2 4 1 1 0 1
  Smith  SV (10) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
4
7
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  L (0-4) 6.0 9 3 3 2 3
  Ward   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Henke   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
3
4

  E–Reed (11), Gruber (15).  DP–Toronto 3.  2B–Boston Reed (21,off Stottlemyre); Evans (14,off Stottlemyre); Esasky (13,off Stottlemyre).  HR–Boston Greenwell (9,6th inning off Stottlemyre 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Heep (1,off Stottlemyre).  HBP–Boggs (3,by Stottlemyre).  SB–Moseby (11,2nd base off Smith/Gedman).  HBP–Stottlemyre (2,Boggs).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Larry Young, 2B–Jim Joyce, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–3:00.  A–48,639.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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