Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
May 31, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1991 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 2, Boston Red Sox 7

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Devereaux cf 4 1 1 0
Hulett 3b 4 0 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 0 1 1
Orsulak lf 4 0 1 0
Evans rf 3 1 0 0
Horn dh 3 0 0 0
Milligan 1b 4 0 1 1
Melvin c 3 0 1 0
Ripken 2b 3 0 0 0
Mesa p 0 0 0 0
  Kilgus p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Reed 2b 5 3 3 1
Quintana 1b 3 1 1 1
Boggs 3b 3 1 2 0
Brunansky rf 4 1 2 3
Greenwell lf 4 0 0 1
Burks cf 4 0 0 0
Marshall dh 4 0 2 0
  Romine pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Pena c 4 1 3 0
Brumley ss 4 0 0 0
Gardiner p 0 0 0 0
  Gray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 13 6
Baltimore 011 000 000260
Boston 420 000 10x7131
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Mesa  L (4-5) 6.1 11 7 7 1 4
  Kilgus   1.2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
7
7
1
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Gardiner  W (1-0) 7.0 6 2 2 2 5
  Gray   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
7

  E–Brumley (1).  DP–Baltimore 1, Boston 2.  2B–Boston Brunansky (9,off Mesa); Marshall (4,off Mesa).  3B–Boston Reed (1,off Mesa).  SH–Quintana (3,off Mesa).  IBB–Boggs (9,by Mesa).  WP–Mesa (2).  IBB–Mesa (1,Boggs).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:43.  A–33,744.
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