New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
September 7, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1998 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 3, Boston Red Sox 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 4 1 1 0
Jeter ss 4 1 1 1
Williams cf 3 0 0 0
Davis dh 3 0 0 0
  Bush pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Posada c 3 0 1 1
Curtis lf 2 0 0 0
  Raines ph 1 0 0 0
Spencer rf 3 0 1 0
  O'Neill ph 1 0 0 0
Brosius 3b 3 1 1 0
Sojo 1b 3 0 1 1
Wells p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lewis cf 4 0 0 0
Valentin 3b 4 1 1 1
Vaughn 1b 3 1 1 0
Garciaparra ss 3 1 1 0
Stanley dh 3 1 1 1
O'Leary lf 3 0 0 1
Varitek c 3 0 2 1
Bragg rf 3 0 0 0
Benjamin 2b 3 0 0 0
Avery p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 6 4
New York 200 010 000360
Boston 000 000 31x460
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Wells  L (17-3) 8.0 6 4 4 0 10
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
0
10
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Avery   7.0 6 3 3 3 1
  Eckersley   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Swindell  W (5-5) 0.1 0 0 0 2 1
  Gordon  SV (39) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
5
4

  E–None.  DP–New York 1, Boston 3.  2B–New York Knoblauch (23,off Avery); Posada (21,off Avery); Brosius (29,off Avery), Boston Stanley (24,off Wells); Varitek (11,off Wells).  HR–Boston Valentin (20,8th inning off Wells 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Vaughn (8,by Wells).  SB–Jeter (27,3rd base off Avery/Varitek).  WP–Avery (7).  HBP–Wells (1,Vaughn).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Mark Johnson, 2B–Chuck Meriwether, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:46.  A–32,106.
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