Boston Red Sox vs New York Mets
October 27, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 27, 1986 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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"(John) McNamara never even considered replacing Bill Buckner with dependable Dave Stapleton. Sure, Buckner was being held together by glue, spit, and little wads of bubble gum. And sure, Stapleton had served as a late-game replacement throughout the regular season and playoffs. Buckner, however, was a warrior, a guy who had given the Red Sox his heart and guts. If anyone deserved to be on the field for the victory celebration, it was good old number 6... This will go down as the greatest managerial screwup in baseball history." - Author Jeff Pearlman in The Bad Guys Won! (2004)

Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 5, New York Mets 8

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 0 1 1
Barrett 2b 5 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 1 2 0
Rice lf 4 1 2 0
Evans rf 4 1 2 3
Gedman c 4 1 1 1
Henderson cf 2 1 0 0
Owen ss 3 0 0 0
  Baylor ph 1 0 0 0
  Nipper p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
Hurst p 0 0 0 0
  Armas ph 1 0 0 0
  Schiraldi p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Romero ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf,lf 3 1 1 0
Teufel 2b 2 0 0 0
  Backman pr,2b 1 1 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 3
Carter c 4 0 0 1
Strawberry rf 4 1 1 1
Knight 3b 4 2 3 1
Mitchell lf 2 0 0 0
  Dykstra ph,cf 2 1 1 0
Santana ss 3 1 1 1
Darling p 1 0 0 0
  Fernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 1 1 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 1 0 1 1
Totals 32 8 10 8
Boston 030 000 020590
New York 000 003 32x8100
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hurst   6.0 4 3 3 1 3
  Schiraldi  L (0-2) 0.1 3 3 3 0 0
  Sambito   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Stanley   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Nipper   0.1 3 2 2 1 0
  Crawford   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 10 8 8 4 3
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling   3.2 6 3 3 1 0
  Fernandez   2.1 0 0 0 1 4
  McDowell  W (1-0) 1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Orosco  SV (2) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 9.0 9 5 5 2 7

  E–None.  2B–Boston Evans (2,off McDowell).  HR–Boston Evans (2,2nd inning off Darling 0 on, 0 out); Gedman (1,2nd inning off Darling 0 on, 0 out), New York Knight (1,7th inning off Schiraldi 0 on, 0 out); Strawberry (1,8th inning off Nipper 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Hurst 2 (2,off Darling 2); McDowell (1,off Schiraldi).  HBP–Henderson (1,by Darling); Wilson (1,by Crawford).  SF–Hernandez (1,off Sambito).  IBB–Wilson (1,by Sambito); Santana (1,by Nipper).  WP–Schiraldi (1).  HBP–Crawford (1,Wilson); Darling (1,Henderson).  IBB–Sambito (1,Wilson); Nipper (1,Santana).  U-HP–John Kibler (NL), 1B–Jim Evans (AL), 2B–Harry Wendelstedt (NL), 3B–Joe Brinkman (AL), LF–Dale Ford (AL), RF–Ed Montague (NL).  T–3:11.  A–55,032.

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