New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
August 9, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1985 at Fenway Park. The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Yankees 10, Boston Red Sox 6

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Henderson cf 5 1 2 2
Mattingly 1b 4 1 1 0
Winfield rf 5 0 2 1
Baylor dh 4 1 2 2
Randolph 2b 5 3 3 0
Robertson 3b 3 1 1 0
  Griffey lf 2 0 1 0
Sample lf 3 2 3 2
  Pagliarulo 3b 2 0 0 0
Wynegar c 5 0 2 1
Meacham ss 4 1 2 2
Whitson p 0 0 0 0
  Bordi p 0 0 0 0
  Shirley p 0 0 0 0
  Righetti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 10 19 10
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Evans rf 5 1 1 0
Boggs 3b 4 1 2 2
Rice lf 5 1 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 1 2 1
Easler dh 4 1 2 2
Gedman c 3 0 2 1
Barrett 2b 3 0 2 0
Lyons cf 4 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 4 1 1 0
Hurst p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 12 6
New York 030 006 00110192
Boston 003 120 0006121
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Whitson   4.0 10 6 4 2 4
  Bordi  W (3-4) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Shirley   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Righetti   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
4
2
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hurst  L (7-9) 5.1 11 7 7 2 5
  Stanley   3.2 8 3 3 1 2
Totals
9.0
19
10
10
3
7

  E–Meacham (13), Whitson (3), Hurst (2).  DP–New York 2, Boston 4.  2B–New York Sample (3,off Hurst); Winfield (20,off Stanley), Boston Evans (16,off Whitson); Boggs (31,off Whitson); Buckner (32,off Whitson); Easler (21,off Whitson).  HBP–Meacham (4,by Hurst).  IBB–Mattingly (6,by Stanley).  SH–Barrett (7,off Bordi).  SF–Buckner (7,off Whitson); Easler (5,off Whitson).  SB–Henderson (51,2nd base off Stanley/Gedman); Gutierrez (8,2nd base off Whitson/Wynegar).  HBP–Hurst (2,Meacham).  IBB–Stanley (10,Mattingly).  T–3:18.  A–33,739.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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