Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics
September 6, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 6, 1989 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Boston Red Sox 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 5, Oakland Athletics 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 2 2 0
Barrett 2b 5 0 0 0
Burks cf 3 1 3 1
  Romine cf 1 0 0 0
  Horn ph 1 0 0 0
Greenwell lf 3 0 1 1
  Quintana lf 2 0 1 1
Esasky 1b 4 1 0 0
Heep rf 3 0 0 0
  Reed ph,rf 1 1 1 2
Evans dh 3 0 0 0
Rivera ss 4 0 1 0
Gedman c 3 0 1 0
  Cerone ph,c 1 0 0 0
Smithson p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 10 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. lf 2 1 0 0
Lansford 3b 1 1 0 1
  Phillips ph,3b 3 0 0 0
Parker dh 5 2 2 4
McGwire 1b 2 0 0 0
Hassey c 4 0 1 1
Henderson D. cf 4 1 3 0
Javier rf 4 0 1 0
Weiss ss 4 1 1 1
Blankenship 2b 3 1 1 0
Welch p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 9 7
Boston 002 000 0215101
Oakland 005 001 10x793
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Smithson  L (7-14) 2.0 3 5 5 1 0
  Lamp   3.1 3 1 1 2 2
  Murphy   1.2 3 1 1 1 1
  Smith   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
4
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Welch  W (16-7) 5.0 5 2 1 2 4
  Honeycutt   3.0 3 2 1 0 0
  Eckersley  SV (29) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
3
2
4

  E–Barrett (8), Phillips (11), Weiss 2 (14).  DP–Boston 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Boston Greenwell (31,off Welch); Boggs (48,off Eckersley), Oakland D Henderson (21,off Lamp).  HR–Boston Reed (3,8th inning off Honeycutt 1 on, 1 out), Oakland Parker (19,3rd inning off Smithson 3 on, 0 out).  HBP–Esasky (3,by Welch); R Henderson (3,by Smithson); Lansford (6,by Smithson).  SH–Blankenship (3,off Lamp).  IBB–R Henderson (4,by Lamp).  SB–R Henderson (65,2nd base off Lamp/Gedman).  HBP–Smithson 2 (10,R Henderson,Lansford); Welch (5,Esasky).  IBB–Lamp (4,R Henderson).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:43.  A–25,037.
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