Top 1

• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Boggs vs. Johnson
  
  Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards first. Upshaw scoops it up and throws to first, with Johnson covering, for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Romero vs. Johnson
  
  Romero hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Buckner vs. Johnson
  
  Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 

Bottom 1

• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Fernandez vs. Nipper
  
  Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Moseby vs. Nipper
  
  Moseby hits a line drive into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Whitt vs. Nipper
  
  Whitt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen misplays the ball. That's an error on Owen. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Bell vs. Nipper
  
  Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Whitt moves to second. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
  Barfield vs. Nipper
  
  Barfield hits a popup towards short. Owen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Top 2

• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Rice vs. Johnson
  
  Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Baylor vs. Johnson
  
  Baylor takes first base on ball four. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Evans vs. Johnson
  
  There's a wild pitch. Baylor moves to second. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Evans vs. Johnson
  
  Evans takes first base on ball four. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
  Henderson vs. Johnson
  
  Henderson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sharperson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
  Sheaffer vs. Johnson
  
  Sheaffer strikes out. View Play 

Bottom 2

• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Upshaw vs. Nipper
  
  Upshaw hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nipper fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  McGriff vs. Nipper
  
  McGriff hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Nipper scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McGriff for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Gruber vs. Nipper
  
  Gruber hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Top 3

• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Owen vs. Johnson
  
  Owen hits a fly ball into center field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Boggs vs. Johnson
  
  Boggs hits a fly ball into center field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Romero vs. Johnson
  
  Romero hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moseby throws the ball in to Sharperson who tags Romero trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play 

Bottom 3

• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Sharperson vs. Nipper
  
  Sharperson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nipper fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Fernandez vs. Nipper
  
  Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nipper fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Moseby vs. Nipper
  
  Moseby hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Whitt vs. Nipper
  
  Whitt hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Top 4

• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Buckner vs. Johnson
  
  Buckner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Rice vs. Johnson
  
  Rice hits a fly ball into right field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Baylor vs. Johnson
  
  Baylor strikes out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Evans vs. Johnson
  
  Evans hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gruber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 

Bottom 4

• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Bell vs. Nipper
  
  Bell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Barfield vs. Nipper
  
  Barfield hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Upshaw vs. Nipper
  
  Upshaw hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops it up and throws to first, with Nipper covering, for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  McGriff vs. Nipper
  
  McGriff is called out on strikes. View Play 

Top 5

• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Henderson vs. Johnson
  
  Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sharperson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Sheaffer vs. Johnson
  
  Sheaffer hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Owen vs. Johnson
  
  Owen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gruber fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Boggs vs. Johnson
  
  There goes Owen. The throw from Whitt and he is out, Fernandez applying the tag. View Play 

Bottom 5

• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Gruber vs. Nipper
  
  Gruber hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Sharperson vs. Nipper
  
  Sharperson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Fernandez vs. Nipper
  
  Fernandez hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Top 6

• Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Boggs vs. Johnson
  
  Boggs hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play 
• Red Sox, 1 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Romero vs. Johnson
  
  Romero strikes out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 1 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Buckner vs. Johnson
  
  Buckner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Barfield. Buckner reaches second base with a double. View Play 
• Red Sox, 1 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Rice vs. Johnson
  
  Rice takes first base on ball four. View Play 
• Red Sox, 1 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
  Baylor vs. Eichhorn
  
  Mark Eichhorn now pitching.
  
  Baylor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Buckner moves to third. Rice moves to second. View Play 
• Red Sox, 1 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
  Evans vs. Eichhorn
  
  Evans hits a ball on the ground towards first. Upshaw fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Upshaw. Buckner scores. Rice moves to third. Baylor moves to second. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play 
• Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
  Henderson vs. Eichhorn
  
  Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
  Sheaffer vs. Eichhorn
  
  Sheaffer strikes out. View Play 

Bottom 6

• Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Moseby vs. Nipper
  
  Moseby hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rice. Moseby reaches second base with a double. View Play 
• Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Whitt vs. Nipper
  
  Whitt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moseby moves to third. View Play 
• Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
  Bell vs. Nipper
  
  There's a wild pitch. Whitt moves to second. View Play 
• Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
  Bell vs. Nipper
  
  Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
  Barfield vs. Nipper
  
  Barfield strikes out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
  Upshaw vs. Nipper
  
  Upshaw hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Nipper scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Upshaw for the out. View Play 

Top 7

• Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Owen vs. Eichhorn
  
  Owen bunts towards first. Upshaw settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Boggs vs. Eichhorn
  
  Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards first. Upshaw scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Boggs for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Romero vs. Eichhorn
  
  Romero hits a fly ball into right field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Bottom 7

• Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  McGriff vs. Nipper
  
  McGriff hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Gruber vs. Nipper
  
  Gruber hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Romero settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Sharperson vs. Nipper
  
  Sharperson strikes out. View Play 

Top 8

• Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Buckner vs. Eichhorn
  
  Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sharperson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Rice vs. Eichhorn
  
  Rice strikes out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Baylor vs. Eichhorn
  
  Baylor hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Bottom 8

• Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Fernandez vs. Sambito
  
  Joe Sambito now pitching. Pat Dodson now playing first base.
  
  Fernandez hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Moseby vs. Sambito
  
  Moseby is called out on strikes. View Play 
• Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Mulliniks vs. Gardner
  
  Wes Gardner now pitching. Cecil Fielder pinch hits for Ernie Whitt. Rance Mulliniks pinch hits for Cecil Fielder.
  
  Mulliniks hits a line drive towards third. Boggs reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Top 9

• Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Evans vs. Eichhorn
  
  Jeff DeWillis now catching.
  
  Evans hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sharperson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play 
• Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Henderson vs. Eichhorn
  
  Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Eichhorn fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Sheaffer vs. Eichhorn
  
  Sheaffer hits a line drive towards short. Fernandez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Greenwell vs. Eichhorn
  
  Mike Greenwell pinch hits for Spike Owen.
  
  Greenwell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Barfield. Greenwell reaches second base with a double. Henderson moves to third. View Play 
• Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
  Boggs vs. Eichhorn
  
  Boggs is walked intentionally. View Play 
• Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
  Romero vs. Henke
  
  Tom Henke now pitching.
  
  Romero hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Henderson scores. Greenwell scores. Boggs moves to third. View Play 
• Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
  Dodson vs. Henke
  
  Dodson strikes out. View Play 

Bottom 9

• Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Bell vs. Gardner
  
  Glenn Hoffman now playing shortstop.
  
  Bell hits a line drive into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Barfield vs. Gardner
  
  Barfield strikes out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 1
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Upshaw vs. Gardner
  
  Upshaw hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

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         Game of 4/19/1987 -- Boston at Toronto (D)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    Toronto            AB  R  H RBI
Boggs W, 3b           4  1  1  1   Fernandez T, ss       4  0  0  0   
Romero E, 2b          5  0  2  2   Moseby L, cf          4  0  2  0   
Buckner B, 1b         4  1  2  0   Whitt E, c            3  0  1  0   
Dodson P, 1b          1  0  0  0   Fielder C, ph         0  0  0  0   
Rice J, lf            3  0  0  0   Mulliniks R, ph       1  0  0  0   
Baylor D, dh          3  0  1  0   DeWillis J, c         0  0  0  0   
Evans D, rf           3  0  1  0   Bell G, lf            4  1  2  1   
Henderson D, cf       4  1  0  0   Barfield J, rf        4  0  0  0   
Sheaffer D, c         4  0  0  0   Upshaw W, 1b          4  0  0  0   
Owen S, ss            3  0  1  0   McGriff F, dh         3  0  0  0   
Greenwell M, ph       1  1  1  0   Gruber K, 3b          3  0  0  0   
Hoffman G, ss         0  0  0  0   Sharperson M, 2b      3  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  4  9  3                        33  1  5  1

Boston           000 002 002 --  4
Toronto          000 100 000 --  1

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Nipper A (W)          7.0  5  1  1  0  3
Sambito J             0.2  0  0  0  0  1
Gardner W (S)         1.1  0  0  0  0  1

  Toronto              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Johnson J (L)         5.1  5  2  1  3  3
Eichhorn M            3.1  3  2  2  1  2
Henke T               0.1  1  0  0  0  1

E -- Owen S, Upshaw W
LOB -- Boston 8, Toronto 5
2B -- Buckner B, Moseby L, Greenwell M
HR -- Bell G, Boggs W
CS -- Owen S
WP -- Johnson J, Nipper A
T -- 2:36
A -- 28140

    

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