Boston Red Sox vs California Angels
May 17, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1989 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels 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

Boston Red Sox 0, California Angels 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 0 1 0
Barrett 2b 4 0 1 0
Burks cf 4 0 0 0
Greenwell lf 3 0 2 0
Rice dh 3 0 0 0
Evans rf 1 0 0 0
  Kutcher rf 1 0 0 0
Esasky 1b 3 0 0 0
Reed ss 2 0 0 0
Cerone c 3 0 0 0
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 4 0
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Washington rf 4 0 1 0
Ray 2b 4 1 1 0
White cf 4 1 2 0
Downing dh 3 0 0 0
Joyner 1b 3 1 1 0
Davis lf 3 1 2 3
Parrish c 4 1 1 2
Howell 3b 2 0 1 0
Anderson ss 3 0 0 0
Abbott p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 9 5
Boston 000 000 000040
California 500 000 00x591
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens  L (5-2) 2.0 7 5 5 2 4
  Lamp   4.0 2 0 0 1 4
  Murphy   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Stanley   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
4
9
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Abbott  W (3-3) 9.0 4 0 0 2 4
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
2
4

  E–Anderson (2).  DP–Boston 1, California 4.  2B–California Davis 2 (7,off Clemens,off Lamp); Howell (6,off Clemens).  HR–California Parrish (3,1st inning off Clemens 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Howell (3,by Lamp).  SB–White (17,2nd base off Clemens/Cerone).  CS–Washington (2,2nd base by Clemens/Cerone); White (3,2nd base by Lamp/Cerone).  IBB–Lamp (2,Howell).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–2:30.  A–31,230.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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