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July 4, 1987

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Top 9 R H E
Red Sox 5 12 0
Athletics 9 14 1
Top 9 R H E
Red Sox 5 12 0
Athletics 9 14 1

Wade Boggs Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .384
OBP .500 .480
At Bats 4 294
Hits 2 113
• Singles 1 77
• Doubles 1 19
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 13
Walks 0 55
RBI’s 0 46

Dennis Eckersley Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 4 3
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Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - July 4, 1987
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Out
Dennis Eckersley
Mickey Tettleton
Mark McGwire
Tony Phillips
Carney Lansford
Alfredo Griffin
Luis Polonia
Dwayne Murphy
Mike Davis
Wade Boggs

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 5 12 0 7
Oakland Athletics 9 14 1 7
Winning Pitcher Jose Rijo
Losing Pitcher Bruce Hurst
Save Dennis Eckersley
Game Winning RBI Jose Canseco
Attendance 24,298
Time of Game 2 hours 59 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Boggs hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Eckersley covering, for the out.
Top 9 Burks is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 McGwire strikes out.
Bottom 8 Davis hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Greenwell. Davis reaches second base with a double. Griffin scores.
Bottom 8 There goes Griffin. The throw from Gedman and he is safe. Griffin steals second.
Bottom 8 Calvin Schiraldi now pitching. Lansford hits a line drive into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Polonia hits a fly ball into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Ed Romero now playing shortstop. Rich Gedman now catching. Tettleton hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Ed Romero pinch runs for Jim Rice. Todd Benzinger pinch hits for Marc Sullivan. Benzinger strikes out.
Top 8 Jim Rice pinch hits for Spike Owen. Rice hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Baylor scores. Buckner moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips fields it and throws to second for the out. Greenwell scores. Baylor moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Evans takes first base on ball four. Greenwell moves to third. Baylor moves to second.
Top 8 Dennis Eckersley now pitching. Evans hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Tettleton settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Tettleton.
Top 8 Baylor hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boggs scores. Greenwell moves to second.
Top 8 Greenwell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boggs moves to third.
Top 8 Boggs hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Davis. Boggs reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Phillips hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Joe Sambito now pitching. Murphy hits a popup towards short. Owen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Canseco hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Burks hits a fly ball into left field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Sullivan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Owen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Evans scores.
Top 7 Buckner hits a line drive into left field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Evans moves to second.
Top 7 Evans hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 McGwire strikes out.
Bottom 6 Davis is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Lansford takes first base on ball four. Tettleton moves to third. Polonia moves to second.
Bottom 6 Polonia hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Tettleton moves to second.
Bottom 6 Griffin hits a fly ball into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Steve Crawford now pitching. Tettleton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Baylor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Greenwell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Rijo covering, for the out.
Top 6 Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rijo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Murphy strikes out.
Bottom 5 Canseco hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 McGwire hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Davis hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lansford moves to third.
Bottom 5 The umpire calls a balk on Hurst Lansford moves to second.
Bottom 5 Lansford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Burks strikes out.
Top 5 Sullivan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Evans scores. Buckner moves to second.
Top 5 Owen hits a fly ball into left field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Buckner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Evans moves to second.
Top 5 Evans hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Baylor hits a line drive into left field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Polonia hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Griffin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Tettleton is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Phillips strikes out.
Top 4 Greenwell hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Barrett is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Murphy is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Canseco strikes out.
Bottom 3 McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Burks strikes out.
Top 3 Sullivan hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Owen hits a fly ball into left field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Davis strikes out.
Bottom 2 Lansford hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Barrett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Polonia hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops it up and throws to first, with Hurst covering, for the out.
Top 2 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Evans hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Baylor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Griffin strikes out.
Bottom 1 Tettleton is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Phillips hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Murphy moves to third.
Bottom 1 Murphy hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Evans. Murphy reaches second base with a double. Canseco scores.
Bottom 1 Canseco hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greenwell. Canseco reaches second base with a double. Polonia scores. Lansford scores. Davis goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 McGwire strikes out.
Bottom 1 Davis takes first base on ball four. Lansford moves to second.
Bottom 1 Lansford bunts towards the mound. Hurst fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Polonia moves to third.
Bottom 1 Polonia hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greenwell. Polonia reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Greenwell is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Boggs hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Barrett hits a line drive towards short. Griffin catches it and tags out Burks for the double play.
Top 1 Burks hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.