Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
July 31, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1991 at Fenway Park. 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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Oakland Athletics 10, Boston Red Sox 11

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. lf 6 2 2 1
Henderson D. cf 6 1 2 2
Canseco rf 7 2 2 3
Baines dh 5 2 1 0
Steinbach c 4 0 1 1
  Quirk c 3 0 1 1
Jacoby 3b 6 0 1 1
McGwire 1b 6 1 2 0
Gallego 2b,ss,2b 5 2 1 0
Bordick ss 2 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
  Hemond 2b 0 0 0 0
  Riles ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Chitren p 0 0 0 0
Totals 52 10 13 9
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 7 3 5 1
Reed 2b 7 2 2 3
Vaughn 1b 1 1 0 0
  Brunansky rf 4 0 0 0
Clark dh 7 4 4 6
Greenwell lf 6 0 1 0
Quintana rf,1b 6 0 0 1
Burks cf 4 1 2 0
Rivera ss 6 0 1 0
Marzano c 3 0 0 0
  Lyons ph 1 0 0 0
  Pena c 2 0 0 0
Kiecker p 0 0 0 0
  Irvine p 0 0 0 0
  Fossas p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 54 11 15 11
Oakland 100 133 020 000 0010132
Boston 004 011 031 000 0111151
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart   5.1 8 6 6 6 3
  Nelson   2.0 4 3 3 1 0
  Honeycutt   1.2 2 1 1 1 2
  Campbell   4.0 0 0 0 3 3
  Chitren  L (1-3) 0.2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
13.2
15
11
11
11
8
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Kiecker   5.0 8 7 7 3 4
  Irvine   2.2 3 2 2 1 2
  Fossas   0.1 1 1 0 1 0
  Reardon   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Harris  W (7-11) 4.0 0 0 0 1 5
Totals
14.0
13
10
9
7
13

  E–Steinbach (6), Gallego (9), Burks (2).  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–Oakland Jacoby (12,off Kiecker); Canseco 2 (26,off Kiecker,off Irvine); Steinbach (24,off Kiecker); D Henderson (22,off Irvine); McGwire (14,off Irvine), Boston Boggs 3 (31,off Stewart 3); Greenwell (13,off Stewart); Reed (22,off Stewart); Burks (21,off Nelson).  3B–Boston Burks (2,off Honeycutt).  HR–Oakland R Henderson (8,1st inning off Kiecker 0 on, 0 out), Boston Clark 3 (17,3rd inning off Stewart 3 on, 0 out,8th inning off Nelson 0 on, 1 out,14th inning off Chitren 0 on, 2 out); Reed (3,8th inning off Nelson 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Bordick 2 (3,off Kiecker,off Irvine); Rivera (7,off Campbell).  HBP–Gallego 2 (3,by Kiecker,by Irvine); Burks (5,by Campbell).  IBB–Baines 2 (14,by Kiecker,by Fossas).  WP–Stewart (8).  HBP–Campbell (1,Burks); Kiecker (1,Gallego); Irvine (2,Gallego).  IBB–Kiecker (4,Baines); Fossas (5,Baines).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Dale Scott, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–5:01.  A–34,218.
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