Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
August 21, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1989 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees 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 4, New York Yankees 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 1 1 0
Barrett 2b 4 0 3 1
Burks cf 5 0 1 2
Greenwell lf 4 0 0 0
Esasky 1b 4 0 0 0
Heep rf 3 1 2 0
  Romine ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Evans dh 4 1 1 0
Reed ss 2 0 1 1
Gedman c 1 0 0 0
  Kutcher pr 0 1 0 0
  Cerone c 2 0 0 0
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 4 0 1 1
Polonia lf 4 1 1 0
Mattingly 1b 4 1 1 0
Hall dh 4 2 2 1
Barfield rf 4 1 2 2
Geren c 3 0 0 0
Espinoza ss 3 0 0 0
Tolleson 3b 2 1 0 0
  Phelps ph 0 0 0 1
  Kiefer 3b 0 0 0 0
Kelly cf 4 0 1 0
Terrell p 0 0 0 0
  McCullers p 0 0 0 0
  Guetterman p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 5
Boston 000 002 2004101
New York 100 013 01x680
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens  L (12-9) 7.2 8 6 5 4 2
  Smith   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
6
5
4
2
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Terrell  W (2-3) 6.0 5 4 4 3 1
  McCullers   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Guetterman   1.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Gossage  SV (1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
3

  E–Boggs (12).  DP–Boston 1, New York 1.  PB–Cerone (2).  2B–Boston Heep 2 (12,off Terrell 2); Romine (10,off Guetterman), New York Barfield (18,off Clemens).  SH–Barrett (12,off Terrell).  SF–Reed (5,off McCullers).  IBB–Espinoza (1,by Clemens).  SB–Polonia (19,2nd base off Clemens/Gedman); Kelly (33,2nd base off Clemens/Gedman); Sax (37,2nd base off Clemens/Gedman).  WP–Clemens (4).  IBB–Clemens (5,Espinoza).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:54.  A–33,059.
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