Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics
May 5, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1990 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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Boston Red Sox 5, Oakland Athletics 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 0 0 0
Reed ss 3 1 1 0
Greenwell lf 4 0 1 0
  Romine pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Evans dh 4 1 1 3
Pena c 4 1 0 0
Burks cf 3 0 0 0
Heep rf 3 1 1 0
  Kutcher rf 1 0 0 0
Quintana 1b 4 0 2 2
Barrett 2b 4 0 2 0
Boddicker p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 1 4 1
Lansford 3b 5 0 2 0
Canseco rf 3 0 0 0
Steinbach dh 4 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 2 0 0 0
Hassey c 4 0 1 0
Jose cf 4 0 0 0
Weiss ss 4 0 0 0
Blankenship 2b 1 0 0 0
  Phelps ph 1 0 0 0
  Gallego 2b 0 0 0 0
  Javier ph 1 0 1 0
Welch p 0 0 0 0
  Burns p 0 0 0 0
  Klink p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
Boston 001 100 030581
Oakland 100 000 000181
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Boddicker  W (3-3) 7.0 6 1 1 4 5
  Reardon   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
4
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Welch  L (3-2) 8.0 6 5 4 3 2
  Burns   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Klink   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
4
3
2

  E–Boggs (6), Weiss (2).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Boston Barrett (1,off Welch); Quintana (3,off Welch), Oakland Lansford (6,off Boddicker).  3B–Boston Heep (1,off Welch).  HR–Boston Evans (4,8th inning off Welch 2 on, 2 out), Oakland R Henderson (4,1st inning off Boddicker 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Barrett (4,2nd base off Klink/Hassey).  CS–Lansford (3,3rd base by Boddicker/Pena).  WP–Boddicker 2 (2).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:40.  A–41,850.
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