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Athletics 12 @ Red Sox 7
Fenway Park
May 17, 1988

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Oakland Athletics, played on May 17, 1988 at Fenway Park. The home team Red Sox were bested by the visiting Athletics with a score of 12 to 7.

Game Summary

DateMay 17, 1988 
Visiting Team
Oakland Athletics
R: 12 H: 16 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 12
Hits: 16
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Boston Red Sox
R: 7 H: 16 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 7
Hits: 16
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherSteve Ontiveros  
Losing PitcherSteve Ellsworth  
SaveRick Honeycutt  
Game Winning RBIRon Hassey 

Game Info

DateMay 17, 1988 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamOakland Athletics 
Home TeamBoston Red Sox 
Visiting Starting PitcherSteve Ontiveros  
Home Starting PitcherSteve Ellsworth  
BallparkFenway Park 
CityBoston 
StateMA 
Attendance28,407 
Time of Game2 hours 59 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Larry McCoy
1B: Drew Coble
2B: Tim McClelland
3B: Don Denkinger

Oakland Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Carney Lansford  Third Baseman 
Dave Parker  DH 
Jose Canseco  Right Fielder 
Mark McGwire  First Baseman 
Ron Hassey  Catcher 
Dave Henderson  Center Fielder 
Stan Javier  Left Fielder 
Tony Phillips  Second Baseman 
Walt Weiss  Shortstop 
Tony LaRussa  Manager 

Boston Red Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Brady Anderson  Center Fielder 
Marty Barrett  Second Baseman 
Wade Boggs  Third Baseman 
Dwight Evans  First Baseman 
Mike Greenwell  Left Fielder 
Sam Horn  DH 
Todd Benzinger  Right Fielder 
Ed Romero  Shortstop 
Rick Cerone  Catcher 
John McNamara  Manager 

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Fenway Park
May 17, 1988

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/17/1988 -- Oakland at Boston (N)

  Oakland            AB  R  H RBI    Boston             AB  R  H RBI
Lansford C, 3b        5  3  3  1   Anderson B, cf        4  0  1  3   
Hubbard G, ph-2b      1  0  0  0   Barrett M, 2b         5  0  0  0   
Parker D, dh          5  1  2  2   Boggs W, 3b           5  2  3  0   
Canseco J, rf         4  2  1  1   Evans D, 1b           5  1  3  1   
Jennings D, lf        0  0  0  0   Greenwell M, lf       4  0  1  1   
McGwire M, 1b         3  2  1  2   Horn S, dh            5  0  1  0   
Hassey R, c           4  1  2  2   Benzinger T, rf       5  1  2  2   
Mercado O, c          0  0  0  0   Romero E, ss          5  1  2  0   
Henderson D, cf       5  0  1  2   Cerone R, c           4  2  3  0   
Javier S, lf-rf       5  1  1  1                                      
Phillips T, 2b        2  1  1  1                                      
Gallego M, 2b-3b      2  0  1  0                                      
Weiss W, ss           5  1  3  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     41 12 16 12                        42  7 16  7

Oakland          241 410 000 -- 12
Boston           002 102 002 --  7

  Oakland              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ontiveros S (W)       6.0 12  5  5  0  4
Honeycutt R (S)       3.0  4  2  2  0  3

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ellsworth S (L)       1.2  6  6  6  2  2
Trautwein J           1.2  6  5  5  2  2
Stanley B             5.2  4  1  1  0  6

E -- Phillips T
DP -- Oakland 2
LOB -- Oakland 7, Boston 10
2B -- Lansford C, Parker D, Hassey R, Benzinger T, Evans D
3B -- Javier S, Anderson B
HR -- McGwire M
SB -- Canseco J
SF -- Phillips T
HBP -- by Honeycutt R (Greenwell M), by Honeycutt R (Anderson B)
Balk -- Honeycutt R
T -- 2:59
A -- 28407

    

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