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Mariners
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 18, 1988
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Seattle Mariners, played on August 18, 1988 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
Date | August 18, 1988 |
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Visiting Team |
Seattle Mariners
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Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 18, 1988 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Seattle Mariners |
Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mark Langston |
Home Starting Pitcher | Mike Boddicker |
Ballpark | Fenway Park |
City | Boston |
State | MA |
Attendance | 33,944 |
Time of Game | 3 hours |
Umpires | HP: Steve Palermo 1B: Dan Morrison 2B: Dave Phillips 3B: Terry Craft |
Seattle Mariners Lineup
Name | Position |
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Harold Reynolds | Second Baseman |
Bruce Fields | Left Fielder |
Mickey Brantley | Center Fielder |
Alvin Davis | First Baseman |
Steve Balboni | DH |
Scott Bradley | Catcher |
Jay Buhner | Right Fielder |
Jim Presley | Third Baseman |
Rey Quinones | Shortstop |
Jim Snyder | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Wade Boggs | Third Baseman |
Marty Barrett | Second Baseman |
Dwight Evans | Right Fielder |
Mike Greenwell | Left Fielder |
Jim Rice | DH |
Jody Reed | Shortstop |
Larry Parrish | First Baseman |
Kevin Romine | Center Fielder |
Rick Cerone | Catcher |
Joe Morgan | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Mariners
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 18, 1988
Top 1
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Mariners, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Reynolds vs. Boddicker
Reynolds hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans who is chasing the ball. Reynolds reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Mariners, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Fields vs. Boddicker
Fields hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greenwell. Fields reaches second base with a double. Reynolds scores. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brantley vs. Boddicker
Brantley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Parrish scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brantley for the out. Fields moves to third. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Davis vs. Boddicker
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs has Fields trapped. There's the throw to Cerone and back to Reed, who tags Fields for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Balboni vs. Boddicker
Balboni hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Langston
Boggs takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Barrett vs. Langston
Barrett hits a fly ball into left field. Fields settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Langston
Evans hits a fly ball into right field. Buhner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Greenwell vs. Langston
Greenwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reynolds fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Boggs moves to second. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Rice vs. Langston
Rice takes first base on ball four. Boggs moves to third. Greenwell moves to second. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Reed vs. Langston
Reed strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Bradley vs. Boddicker
Bradley hits a line drive into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Buhner vs. Boddicker
Buhner hits a line drive into center field. Romine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Presley vs. Boddicker
Presley is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Quinones vs. Boddicker
Quinones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Langston
Parrish hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Romine vs. Langston
Romine hits a fly ball into center field. Brantley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cerone vs. Langston
Cerone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Quinones fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Reynolds vs. Boddicker
Reynolds hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Fields vs. Boddicker
Fields strikes out. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Brantley vs. Boddicker
Brantley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Boddicker
There goes Brantley. The throw from Cerone and he is out, Reed applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 3
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Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Langston
Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards first. Davis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Boggs for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Langston
Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Langston
Evans takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Greenwell vs. Langston
There goes Evans. The throw from Bradley and he is safe. Evans steals second. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Greenwell vs. Langston
Greenwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Davis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Greenwell for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Boddicker
Davis hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Balboni vs. Boddicker
Balboni hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Boddicker fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bradley vs. Boddicker
Bradley 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
Bottom 4
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Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Langston
Rice hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Reynolds settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Reed vs. Langston
Reed hits a ball on the ground towards short. Quinones scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Langston
Parrish takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Romine vs. Langston
Romine hits a ball on the ground towards third. Presley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Buhner vs. Boddicker
Buhner hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Romine. Buhner reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Presley vs. Boddicker
Presley is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Quinones vs. Boddicker
Quinones strikes out. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Reynolds vs. Boddicker
Reynolds hits a line drive into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fields vs. Boddicker
Fields hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Boddicker fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Buhner moves to third. Presley moves to second. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Brantley vs. Boddicker
Brantley strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Cerone vs. Langston
Cerone hits a popup towards short. Quinones settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Langston
Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards first. Davis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Boggs for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Langston
Barrett hits a popup, foul, towards first. Davis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Boddicker
Davis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Balboni vs. Boddicker
Balboni hits a line drive into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Bradley vs. Boddicker
Bradley hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Davis moves to second. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Buhner vs. Boddicker
There's a wild pitch. Davis moves to third. Bradley moves to second. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Buhner vs. Boddicker
Buhner is walked intentionally. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Presley vs. Boddicker
Presley hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Romine. Presley reaches second base with a double. Davis scores. Bradley scores. Buhner goes all the way around to score. Presley moves to third. View Play -
Mariners, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Quinones vs. Sellers
Jeff Sellers now pitching.
Quinones 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 -
Mariners, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Reynolds vs. Sellers
Reynolds hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Romine. Reynolds reaches second base with a double. Presley scores. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Fields vs. Sellers
Fields hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Mariners, 5 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Langston
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Langston fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greenwell vs. Langston
Greenwell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Buhner. Greenwell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Rice vs. Langston
Rice strikes out. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Reed vs. Langston
Reed strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Mariners, 5 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Brantley vs. Sellers
Brantley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Sellers
Davis strikes out. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Balboni vs. Sellers
Balboni takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Bradley vs. Sellers
Bradley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Parrish scoops it up and throws to first, with Sellers covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Mariners, 5 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Langston
Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards short. Quinones scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Romine vs. Langston
Romine hits a fly ball into center field. Brantley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cerone vs. Langston
Cerone hits a line drive into right field. Buhner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Mariners, 5 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Buhner vs. Sellers
Buhner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Mariners, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Presley vs. Sellers
Presley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mariners, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Quinones vs. Sellers
Quinones hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Reynolds vs. Sellers
The ball gets by Cerone for a passed ball. Presley moves to second. View Play -
Mariners, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Reynolds vs. Sellers
Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Presley moves to third. View Play -
Mariners, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Fields vs. Sellers
Fields hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Mariners, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Langston
Henry Cotto now playing center field. Mickey Brantley now playing left field.
Boggs takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mariners, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Barrett vs. Langston
Barrett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boggs moves to second. View Play -
Mariners, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Evans vs. Langston
Evans hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Boggs scores. Barrett moves to second. View Play -
Mariners, 6 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Greenwell vs. Langston
Greenwell hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Brantley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 6 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rice vs. Jackson
Michael Jackson now pitching.
Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Cotto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 6 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Reed vs. Jackson
Reed hits a ball on the ground towards short. Quinones scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Mariners, 6 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brantley vs. Sellers
Brantley hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mariners, 6 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Sellers
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Mariners, 6 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Balboni vs. Sellers
Balboni hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mariners, 6 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bradley vs. Sellers
Bradley 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
Bottom 9
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Mariners, 6 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Jackson
Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 6 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Benzinger vs. Jackson
Todd Benzinger pinch hits for Kevin Romine.
Benzinger hits a fly ball into center field. Cotto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 6 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cerone vs. Jackson
Cerone hits a popup, foul, towards third. Presley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/18/1988 -- Seattle at Boston (N) Seattle AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI Reynolds H, 2b 5 1 2 1 Boggs W, 3b 2 1 0 0 Fields B, lf 5 0 2 1 Barrett M, 2b 4 0 1 0 Cotto H, cf 0 0 0 0 Evans D, rf 3 0 1 1 Brantley M, cf-lf 5 0 2 0 Greenwell M, lf 4 0 2 0 Davis A, 1b 4 1 1 0 Rice J, dh 3 0 0 0 Balboni S, dh 4 0 1 0 Reed J, ss 4 0 0 0 Bradley S, c 5 1 1 0 Parrish L, 1b 3 0 1 0 Buhner J, rf 3 2 2 1 Romine K, cf 3 0 0 0 Presley J, 3b 1 1 1 3 Benzinger T, ph 1 0 0 0 Quinones R, ss 4 0 0 0 Cerone R, c 4 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 6 12 6 31 1 5 1 Seattle 100 004 010 -- 6 Boston 000 000 010 -- 1 Seattle IP H R ER BB SO Langston M (W) 7.1 5 1 1 5 3 Jackson M 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Boddicker M (L) 5.1 8 5 5 2 3 Sellers J 3.2 4 1 1 2 1 DP -- Seattle 1, Boston 2 LOB -- Seattle 9, Boston 8 2B -- Fields B, Buhner J, Presley J, Reynolds H, Greenwell M 3B -- Reynolds H HR -- Buhner J SB -- Evans D CS -- Brantley M HBP -- by Boddicker M (Presley J) 2 WP -- Boddicker M PB -- Cerone R T -- 3:00 A -- 33944
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