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Athletics
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
May 18, 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 18, 1988 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 18, 1988 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 18, 1988 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dave Stewart |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Oil Can Boyd |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 24,683 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 55 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Drew Coble 1B: Tim McClelland 2B: Don Denkinger 3B: Larry McCoy |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Carney Lansford | Third Baseman |
| Dave Parker | Left Fielder |
| Jose Canseco | Right Fielder |
| Mark McGwire | First Baseman |
| Dave Henderson | Center Fielder |
| Ron Hassey | Catcher |
| Don Baylor | DH |
| Glenn Hubbard | 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 |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
May 18, 1988
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lansford vs. Boyd
Lansford hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Parker vs. Boyd
Parker strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Canseco vs. Boyd
Canseco strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
McGwire vs. Boyd
McGwire takes first base on ball four. Lansford moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Henderson vs. Boyd
Henderson hits a fly ball into right field. Benzinger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Anderson vs. Stewart
Anderson strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Stewart
Barrett hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Stewart
Boggs takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Stewart
Evans takes first base on ball four. Boggs moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Greenwell vs. Stewart
Greenwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Stewart covering, for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hassey vs. Boyd
Hassey strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baylor vs. Boyd
Baylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Romero scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Hubbard vs. Boyd
Hubbard takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Weiss vs. Boyd
Weiss hits a line drive into right field. Benzinger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Horn vs. Stewart
Horn strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Benzinger vs. Stewart
Benzinger strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Romero vs. Stewart
Romero hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hassey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lansford vs. Boyd
Lansford hits a popup into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Parker vs. Boyd
Parker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lansford moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Canseco vs. Boyd
Canseco hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Barrett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
McGwire vs. Boyd
McGwire hits a fly ball into center field. Anderson catches it for the out, and throws it away. That's an error on Anderson. Lansford tags and scores. Parker tags and moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Henderson vs. Boyd
Henderson 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 3
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Cerone vs. Stewart
Cerone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Anderson vs. Stewart
Anderson bunts towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Barrett vs. Stewart
Barrett hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Parker. Barrett reaches second base with a double. Cerone goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Boggs vs. Stewart
Boggs takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Evans vs. Stewart
Evans hits a line drive into right field. Canseco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Greenwell vs. Stewart
Greenwell takes first base on ball four. Barrett moves to third. Boggs moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Horn vs. Stewart
Horn hits a popup towards third. Lansford settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hassey vs. Boyd
Hassey hits a line drive into center field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Baylor vs. Boyd
Baylor 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, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hubbard vs. Boyd
Hubbard strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Benzinger vs. Stewart
Benzinger hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Romero vs. Stewart
Romero hits a popup into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Cerone vs. Stewart
The umpire calls a balk on Stewart Romero moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Cerone vs. Stewart
Cerone takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Anderson vs. Stewart
Anderson hits a fly ball into left field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Barrett vs. Stewart
Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Weiss vs. Boyd
Weiss takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
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 -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Parker vs. Boyd
There goes Weiss. The throw from Cerone to Romero and they have Weiss trapped. The throw over to Evans, who applies the tag for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Parker vs. Boyd
Parker hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greenwell. Parker reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Canseco vs. Boyd
Canseco hits a fly ball into right field. Benzinger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Stewart
Boggs takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Stewart
Evans hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boggs moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Greenwell vs. Stewart
Greenwell hits a fly ball into left field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Horn vs. Stewart
Horn hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Benzinger vs. Stewart
Benzinger hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
McGwire vs. Boyd
McGwire hits a fly ball into center field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Boyd
Henderson hits a fly ball into right field. Benzinger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hassey vs. Boyd
Hassey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Evans scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hassey for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Romero vs. Stewart
Romero hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Cerone vs. Stewart
Cerone takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Anderson vs. Stewart
Anderson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Henderson. Anderson reaches second base with a double. Cerone moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Barrett vs. Stewart
Barrett hits a popup towards short. Weiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -23
Boggs vs. Stewart
Boggs is walked intentionally. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Evans vs. Stewart
Evans hits a popup towards short. Weiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Baylor vs. Boyd
Baylor hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Hubbard vs. Boyd
Hubbard bunts towards first. Evans scoops it up and throws to first, with Barrett covering, for the out. Baylor moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Weiss vs. Boyd
Weiss hits a popup towards short. Romero settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Lansford vs. Boyd
Lansford takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Parker vs. Boyd
Parker hits a popup, foul, towards first. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Greenwell vs. Stewart
Greenwell hits a fly ball towards left. Parker settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Parker. Greenwell moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Horn vs. Stewart
Horn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Benzinger vs. Stewart
Ellis Burks pinch runs for Sam Horn.
Benzinger bunts towards the mound. Stewart juggles the ball. That's an error on Stewart. Greenwell scores. Burks goes all the way around to score. Benzinger moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Romero vs. Stewart
Romero hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Benzinger scores. Romero moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Cerone vs. Nelson
Jody Reed pinch runs for Ed Romero. Gene Nelson now pitching.
Cerone hits a popup towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Anderson vs. Nelson
Anderson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Reed trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Barrett vs. Nelson
Barrett hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Canseco vs. Boyd
Jody Reed now playing shortstop.
Canseco hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cerone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McGwire vs. Boyd
McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Boyd
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hassey vs. Boyd
Hassey hits a line drive into center field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Nelson
Boggs hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Nelson
Evans hits a line drive into left field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Greenwell vs. Nelson
Greenwell hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Baylor vs. Smith
Lee Smith now pitching.
Baylor hits a line drive into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Jennings vs. Smith
Doug Jennings pinch hits for Glenn Hubbard.
Jennings strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Weiss vs. Smith
Weiss strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/18/1988 -- Oakland at Boston (N)
Oakland AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Lansford C, 3b 3 1 2 0 Anderson B, cf 5 0 2 0
Parker D, lf 4 0 2 0 Barrett M, 2b 5 0 1 1
Canseco J, rf 4 0 0 0 Boggs W, 3b 1 0 0 0
McGwire M, 1b 2 0 0 1 Evans D, 1b 4 0 1 0
Henderson D, cf 4 0 1 0 Greenwell M, lf 4 1 0 0
Hassey R, c 4 0 0 0 Horn S, dh 3 0 0 0
Baylor D, dh 4 0 1 0 Burks E, pr 0 1 0 0
Hubbard G, 2b 1 0 0 0 Benzinger T, rf 3 1 0 0
Jennings D, ph 1 0 0 0 Romero E, ss 4 0 2 1
Weiss W, ss 3 0 0 0 Reed J, pr-ss 0 0 0 0
Cerone R, c 2 1 1 0
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30 1 6 1 31 4 7 2
Oakland 001 000 000 -- 1
Boston 001 000 30x -- 4
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart D (L)* 6.0 6 4 2 9 3
Nelson G 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Boyd O (W) 8.0 6 1 1 4 4
Smith L (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
* Pitched to 4 batters in 7th
E -- Anderson B, Parker D, Stewart D
LOB -- Oakland 8, Boston 13
2B -- Barrett M, Parker D, Anderson B
CS -- Weiss W
SH -- Hubbard G, Benzinger T
SF -- McGwire M
Balk -- Stewart D
T -- 2:55
A -- 24683
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