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Athletics
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
July 24, 1985
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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 July 24, 1985 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
Date | July 24, 1985 |
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Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 24, 1985 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Don Sutton |
Home Starting Pitcher | Oil Can Boyd |
Ballpark | Fenway Park |
City | Boston |
State | MA |
Attendance | 27,034 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 40 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Steve Palermo 1B: Tim Welke 2B: Jerry Neudecker 3B: John Hirschbeck |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Dwayne Murphy | Center Fielder |
Carney Lansford | Third Baseman |
Bruce Bochte | First Baseman |
Dave Kingman | DH |
Mike Davis | Right Fielder |
Mike Heath | Left Fielder |
Mickey Tettleton | Catcher |
Donnie Hill | Second Baseman |
Alfredo Griffin | Shortstop |
Jackie Moore | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Dwight Evans | Right Fielder |
Wade Boggs | Third Baseman |
Jim Rice | Left Fielder |
Bill Buckner | First Baseman |
Mike Easler | DH |
Rich Gedman | Catcher |
Glenn Hoffman | Shortstop |
Steve Lyons | Center Fielder |
Marty Barrett | Second Baseman |
John McNamara | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Athletics
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
July 24, 1985
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Boyd
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops it up and throws to first, with Boyd covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lansford vs. Boyd
Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bochte vs. Boyd
Bochte hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett scoops it up and throws to first, with Boyd covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Sutton
Evans hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boggs vs. Sutton
Boggs hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Evans moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rice vs. Sutton
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Evans scores. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buckner vs. Sutton
Buckner hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Easler vs. Sutton
Easler strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Boyd
Kingman hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Boyd
Davis hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Boyd
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Boyd fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tettleton vs. Boyd
Tettleton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gedman vs. Sutton
Gedman hits a popup towards first. Bochte settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoffman vs. Sutton
Hoffman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lyons vs. Sutton
Lyons strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barrett vs. Sutton
Barrett hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Boyd
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Boyd fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Boyd
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Boyd
Murphy hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lansford vs. Boyd
Lansford hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bochte vs. Boyd
Bochte hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lansford moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kingman vs. Boyd
Kingman hits a popup towards short. Hoffman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Sutton
Evans strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Sutton
Boggs strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Sutton
Rice hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Buckner vs. Sutton
Buckner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murphy. Buckner reaches second base with a double. Rice goes all the way around to score. Buckner moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Easler vs. Sutton
Easler hits a popup towards short. Griffin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Boyd
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops it up and throws to first, with Boyd covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Boyd
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hoffman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tettleton vs. Boyd
Tettleton strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gedman vs. Sutton
Gedman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Tettleton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoffman vs. Sutton
Hoffman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murphy. Hoffman reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lyons vs. Sutton
Lyons hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hoffman moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Barrett vs. Sutton
Barrett hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hoffman scores. Lyons moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Evans vs. Sutton
Evans hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bochte settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boggs vs. Sutton
Boggs hits a popup towards first. Bochte settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Boyd
Hill hits a popup towards short. Hoffman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Boyd
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Boyd fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Boyd
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Boyd fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Sutton
Rice hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bochte settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buckner vs. Sutton
Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Easler vs. Sutton
Easler strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lansford vs. Boyd
Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hoffman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bochte vs. Boyd
Bochte hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Boyd, and towards Hoffman, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Boyd
Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gedman vs. Sutton
Gedman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hill settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoffman vs. Sutton
Hoffman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lyons vs. Sutton
Lyons takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barrett vs. Sutton
Sutton fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Sutton. Lyons moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Barrett vs. Sutton
Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Boyd
Davis hits a popup towards third. Boggs settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Boyd
Heath hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tettleton vs. Boyd
Tettleton hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Boyd
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hoffman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Sutton
Evans hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boggs vs. Sutton
Boggs hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Evans moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rice vs. Sutton
Rice hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Buckner vs. Sutton
Buckner hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Evans moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Easler vs. Sutton
Easler hits a popup towards first. Bochte settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Boyd
Jackie Gutierrez now playing shortstop.
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Boyd
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Boyd fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lansford vs. Boyd
Lansford hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Barrett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gedman vs. Sutton
Gedman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gutierrez vs. Sutton
Gutierrez bunts towards first. Bochte scoops it up and throws to first, with Hill covering, for the out. Gedman moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lyons vs. Sutton
Lyons hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lansford settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Barrett vs. Sutton
Barrett hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gedman scores. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Sutton
Evans hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bochte vs. Boyd
Bochte hits a fly ball into center field. Lyons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Boyd
Kingman strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Boyd
Davis hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Boyd
Heath hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baker vs. Stanley
Bob Stanley now pitching. Dusty Baker pinch hits for Mickey Tettleton.
Baker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Heath moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hill vs. Stanley
Steve Henderson pinch runs for Dusty Baker.
Hill hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Heath scores. Henderson moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Griffin vs. Stanley
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Howell
Jay Howell now pitching. Mike Heath now catching. Steve Henderson now playing left field.
Boggs hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Howell
Rice hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Buckner vs. Howell
Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Easler vs. Howell
Dave Stapleton pinch runs for Bill Buckner.
Easler hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murphy. Easler reaches second base with a double. Stapleton moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gedman vs. Howell
Gedman is walked intentionally. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gutierrez vs. Howell
Gutierrez takes first base on ball four. Stapleton scores. Easler moves to third. Gedman moves to second. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/24/1985 -- Oakland at Boston (N) Oakland AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI Murphy D, cf 4 1 1 1 Evans D, rf 5 1 2 0 Lansford C, 3b 4 0 1 0 Boggs W, 3b 5 0 3 0 Bochte B, 1b 4 0 1 0 Rice J, lf 5 1 1 0 Kingman D, dh 4 1 1 1 Buckner B, 1b 5 1 2 2 Davis M, rf 4 1 2 1 Stapleton D, pr 0 1 0 0 Heath M, lf-c 4 2 2 1 Easler M, dh 5 0 1 0 Tettleton M, c 3 0 0 0 Gedman R, c 4 1 1 0 Baker D, ph 1 0 1 0 Hoffman G, ss 3 1 2 0 Henderson S, pr-lf 0 0 0 0 Gutierrez J, ss 0 0 0 1 Hill D, 2b 4 0 1 1 Lyons S, cf 3 0 1 0 Griffin A, ss 4 0 0 0 Barrett M, 2b 4 0 2 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 5 10 5 39 6 15 5 Oakland 011 000 102 -- 5 Boston 201 100 011 -- 6 2 outs when winning run was scored. Oakland IP H R ER BB SO Sutton D 8.0 13 5 5 1 5 Howell J (L) 0.2 2 1 1 2 0 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Boyd O 8.2 8 5 5 0 2 Stanley B (W) 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 E -- Sutton D DP -- Oakland 1, Boston 1 LOB -- Oakland 4, Boston 11 2B -- Buckner B, Hoffman G, Easler M HR -- Buckner B, Kingman D, Murphy D, Heath M, Davis M SH -- Gutierrez J T -- 2:40 A -- 27034
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