Boston Red Sox vs Toronto Blue Jays
July 2, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 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."

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Boston Red Sox 4, Toronto Blue Jays 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 5 0 0 0
Reed 2b,ss 5 0 1 0
Esasky 1b 5 0 1 0
Greenwell lf 5 0 0 0
Evans dh 5 0 0 0
Romine rf 5 2 5 0
Cerone c 2 0 1 0
  Williams pr 0 0 0 0
  Gedman c 1 1 1 0
Rivera ss 3 0 1 1
  Heep ph 1 1 1 3
  Romero 2b 0 0 0 0
Kutcher cf 5 0 0 0
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 4 11 4
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Felix rf 5 0 1 0
Fernandez ss 5 0 2 0
Gruber 3b 4 0 0 0
Bell lf 4 0 2 0
  Lawless pr,lf 0 1 0 0
  Lee ph 0 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 4 0 1 1
Moseby cf 2 0 0 0
Whitt c 4 0 0 0
Mulliniks dh 4 0 0 0
Liriano 2b 4 0 0 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 1 6 1
Boston 010 000 000 034110
Toronto 000 000 001 00160
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens   9.0 6 1 1 4 6
  Murphy  W (1-3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Smith  SV (11) 1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
11.0
6
1
1
6
8
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan   8.0 7 1 1 1 2
  Wells  L (2-4) 2.2 3 2 2 1 2
  Henke   0.1 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
11.0
11
4
4
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1, Toronto 2.  2B–Boston Romine 2 (2,off Flanagan,off Wells), Toronto McGriff (18,off Clemens).  HR–Boston Heep (1,11th inning off Henke 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Cerone (1,by Flanagan).  IBB–Cerone (1,by Wells); Whitt (2,by Clemens).  SH–Moseby (3,off Clemens).  SB–Fernandez (7,2nd base off Clemens/Cerone).  CS–Fernandez (3,2nd base by Clemens/Cerone).  HBP–Flanagan (1,Cerone).  IBB–Clemens (3,Whitt); Wells (4,Cerone).  U-HP–Larry Young, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–3:10.  A–48,516.
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