Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics
September 4, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1989 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 8, Oakland Athletics 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 3 2 2 1
Barrett 2b 4 1 0 0
Burks cf 5 1 2 2
Greenwell lf 4 1 3 1
Esasky 1b 4 0 2 1
Heep rf 3 0 0 0
  Romine ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Evans dh 3 2 2 1
Reed ss 3 0 0 0
Cerone c 3 1 1 0
Dopson p 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 12 6
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. lf 4 1 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 0 2 1
Canseco rf 4 0 0 0
Parker dh 4 1 2 0
Steinbach c 4 2 1 1
McGwire 1b 4 1 1 1
Henderson D. cf 4 0 1 1
Weiss ss 4 0 0 0
Gallego 2b 2 0 0 0
  Phelps ph 1 0 0 0
  Blankenship 2b 0 0 0 0
  Phillips ph 1 0 0 1
Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Young p 0 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 7 5
Boston 210 000 2308123
Oakland 001 100 003571
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dopson  W (10-6) 8.0 6 5 2 1 4
  Harris   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Smith  SV (21) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
5
2
1
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Moore  L (16-9) 6.2 9 5 5 7 2
  Young   0.2 2 3 3 1 1
  Corsi   1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
8
5

  E–Boggs (15), Burks (6), Cerone (9), Lansford (11).  DP–Oakland 3.  2B–Boston Burks (18,off Moore); Boggs (47,off Moore); Esasky (22,off Moore), Oakland McGwire (14,off Dopson).  HR–Boston Evans (17,2nd inning off Moore 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Steinbach (6,4th inning off Dopson 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Reed (12,off M Young).  IBB–Greenwell (13,by Moore).  CS–Greenwell (5,2nd base by Moore/Steinbach).  SB–R Henderson (64,2nd base off Dopson/Cerone).  WP–Dopson (6), Moore (11), M Young (4).  IBB–Moore (1,Greenwell).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–3:09.  A–32,697.
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