Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
September 17, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 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 3, Boston Red Sox 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Mercedes lf 3 0 0 0
  Orsulak ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Devereaux cf 4 0 0 0
  Tackett c 0 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 1 2 0
Davis 1b 4 1 1 2
Evans rf 4 0 2 0
Milligan dh 4 0 0 0
Gomez 3b 3 1 2 1
  Horn ph 1 0 0 0
Hoiles c 2 0 0 0
  Anderson pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Ripken 2b 2 0 0 0
Mesa p 0 0 0 0
  Poole p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 0 1 2
Reed 2b 3 0 0 1
Plantier rf,lf 4 0 1 0
Clark dh 3 1 2 1
  Housie pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Greenwell lf 2 0 0 0
  Quintana rf,1b 2 0 0 0
Vaughn 1b 2 1 1 0
  Zupcic rf 1 0 0 0
Lyons cf 3 0 0 0
Pena c 3 1 1 0
Rivera ss 2 1 1 0
Morton p 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 7 4
Baltimore 210 000 000370
Boston 020 011 00x470
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Mesa  L (5-11) 6.0 6 4 4 3 1
  Poole   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Williamson   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
5
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Morton  W (6-3) 6.0 6 3 3 1 4
  Harris   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Reardon  SV (40) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1, Boston 1.  2B–Baltimore C Ripken (42,off Morton), Boston Pena (22,off Mesa); Boggs (39,off Mesa); Rivera (20,off Mesa).  HR–Baltimore Davis (8,1st inning off Morton 1 on, 2 out); Gomez (14,2nd inning off Morton 0 on, 0 out), Boston Clark (23,6th inning off Mesa 0 on, 0 out).  SH–B Ripken (10,off Harris); Rivera (10,off Poole).  IBB–Reed (2,by Poole); Lyons (2,by Williamson).  SB–Housie (1,2nd base off Williamson/Tackett).  IBB–Poole (2,Reed); Williamson (7,Lyons).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–2:47.  A–32,657.
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