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Yankees
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
July 8, 1989
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, played on July 8, 1989 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | July 8, 1989 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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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 8, 1989 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dave Eiland |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Eric Hetzel |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 33,923 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 55 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Rocky Roe 1B: Mike Reilly 2B: Terry Craft 3B: Larry McCoy |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Steve Sax | Second Baseman |
| Luis Polonia | Left Fielder |
| Don Mattingly | First Baseman |
| Mel Hall | DH |
| Jesse Barfield | Right Fielder |
| Mike Pagliarulo | Third Baseman |
| Bob Geren | Catcher |
| Alvaro Espinoza | Shortstop |
| Roberto Kelly | Center Fielder |
| Dallas Green | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Wade Boggs | DH |
| Jody Reed | Second Baseman |
| Danny Heep | First Baseman |
| Mike Greenwell | Left Fielder |
| Dwight Evans | Right Fielder |
| Kevin Romine | Center Fielder |
| Rick Cerone | Catcher |
| Luis Rivera | Shortstop |
| Ed Romero | Third Baseman |
| Joe Morgan | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
July 8, 1989
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Sax vs. Hetzel
Sax hits a ball on the ground towards third. Romero fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Polonia vs. Hetzel
Polonia hits a fly ball into center field. Romine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Mattingly vs. Hetzel
Mattingly strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Eiland
Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pagliarulo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Reed vs. Eiland
Reed hits a popup beyond short. Espinoza can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Heep vs. Eiland
Heep takes first base on ball four. Reed moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Greenwell vs. Eiland
Greenwell hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Kelly. Greenwell reaches second base with a double. Reed scores. Heep moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Evans vs. Eiland
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards short. Espinoza fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Espinoza. Heep scores. Greenwell scores. Evans moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Romine vs. Eiland
Romine strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Cerone vs. Eiland
Cerone hits a popup beyond second. Sax can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Evans scores. Cerone moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Rivera vs. Eiland
Rivera hits a fly ball into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Hetzel
Hall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Reed settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Barfield vs. Hetzel
Barfield strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Pagliarulo vs. Hetzel
Pagliarulo strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Romero vs. Eiland
Romero hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kelly throws the ball in to Geren who tags Romero trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Eiland
Boggs hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Polonia. Boggs reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Reed vs. Eiland
Reed is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Heep vs. Eiland
Heep hits a line drive into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Greenwell vs. Eiland
Greenwell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Eiland fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Geren vs. Hetzel
Geren hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Espinoza vs. Hetzel
Espinoza hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans. Espinoza reaches second base with a double. Geren moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: -23
Kelly vs. Hetzel
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards third. Romero fields it and throws to first for the out. Geren scores. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Sax vs. Hetzel
Sax hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rivera scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Espinoza moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Polonia vs. Hetzel
Polonia takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mattingly vs. Hetzel
There goes Polonia. The throw from Cerone and he is safe. Polonia steals second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Mattingly vs. Hetzel
Mattingly hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Espinoza scores. Polonia scores. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Hall vs. Hetzel
Hall strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Eiland
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pagliarulo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Romine vs. Eiland
Romine hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Cerone vs. Eiland
Cerone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Espinoza fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barfield vs. Hetzel
Randy Kutcher now playing third base. Ed Romero now playing second base.
Barfield hits a fly ball into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Pagliarulo vs. Hetzel
Pagliarulo hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Romero reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Geren vs. Hetzel
Geren hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Romero scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivera vs. Eiland
Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards short. Espinoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Romero vs. Eiland
Romero hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Polonia. Romero reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Boggs vs. Eiland
Boggs is walked intentionally. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Kutcher vs. Eiland
Kutcher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Romero moves to third. Boggs moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 123
Heep vs. Eiland
Heep hits a fly ball into left field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Romero tags and scores. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
Greenwell vs. Eiland
Greenwell hits a popup towards short. Espinoza settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Espinoza vs. Hetzel
Espinoza hits a line drive towards short. Rivera reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Hetzel
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kutcher fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Kutcher. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Sax vs. Hetzel
There goes Kelly. The throw from Cerone and he is out, Romero applying the tag. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Sax vs. Hetzel
Sax takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Polonia vs. Hetzel
There goes Sax. The throw from Cerone and he is safe. Sax steals second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Polonia vs. Hetzel
Polonia hits a line drive into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Plunk
Eric Plunk now pitching.
Evans strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romine vs. Plunk
Romine hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Cerone vs. Plunk
Cerone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Espinoza fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Mattingly vs. Hetzel
Mattingly hits a ball on the ground towards first. Heep scoops it up and throws to first, with Hetzel covering, for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Hetzel
Hall hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Barfield vs. Hetzel
Barfield takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pagliarulo vs. Smithson
Mike Smithson now pitching.
Pagliarulo hits a popup towards short. Rivera settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Geren vs. Smithson
Geren hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Barfield moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Espinoza vs. Smithson
Espinoza hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Barfield scores. Geren moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Kelly vs. Smithson
Kelly hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Geren scores. Espinoza moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1-3
Sax vs. Smithson
Sax hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Rivera vs. Plunk
Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards short. Espinoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Romero vs. Plunk
Romero hits a popup towards short. Espinoza settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Plunk
Boggs takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Kutcher vs. Plunk
Kutcher hits a line drive into right field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Polonia vs. Price
Joe Price now pitching.
Polonia strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Mattingly vs. Price
Mattingly hits a line drive towards third. Kutcher reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Price
Hall strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Heep vs. Plunk
Heep hits a ball on the ground towards short. Espinoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Greenwell vs. Plunk
Greenwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mattingly juggles the ball. That's an error on Mattingly. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Plunk
Evans hits a fly ball towards center. Kelly catches it and throws to Sax who relays to Mattingly to double up Greenwell. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Barfield vs. Price
Barfield takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Brookens vs. Gardner
Wes Gardner now pitching. Tom Brookens pinch hits for Mike Pagliarulo.
There goes Barfield. The throw from Cerone and he is safe. Barfield steals second. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Brookens vs. Gardner
Brookens hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gardner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Geren vs. Gardner
Geren strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Espinoza vs. Gardner
Espinoza hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rivera scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Romine vs. Plunk
Tom Brookens now playing third base.
Romine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Espinoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cerone vs. Plunk
Cerone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sax scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Rivera vs. Plunk
Rivera strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Gardner
Kelly hits a fly ball into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Sax vs. Gardner
Sax takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Polonia vs. Gardner
Polonia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kutcher fields it and throws to first for the out. Sax moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Mattingly vs. Gardner
Mattingly is walked intentionally. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
Hall vs. Gardner
Hall hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Evans. Hall reaches second base with a double. Sax scores. There goes Mattingly trying to get to home. Evans throws the ball in to Cerone, who tags Mattingly, who came all the way from first, for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Yankees, 7 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Romero vs. Righetti
Dave Righetti now pitching.
Romero hits a fly ball into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Righetti
Boggs strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kutcher vs. Righetti
Kutcher strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/8/1989 -- New York at Boston (D)
New York AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Sax S, 2b 3 1 0 0 Boggs W, dh 3 0 1 0
Polonia L, lf 4 1 0 0 Reed J, 2b 1 1 1 0
Mattingly D, 1b 4 0 1 2 Kutcher R, 3b 3 0 1 0
Hall M, dh 5 1 2 2 Heep D, 1b 2 1 0 1
Barfield J, rf 2 1 0 0 Greenwell M, lf 4 1 1 1
Pagliarulo M, 3b 3 0 0 0 Evans D, rf 4 1 0 1
Brookens T, ph-3b 1 0 0 0 Romine K, cf 4 0 2 0
Geren B, c 4 2 2 0 Cerone R, c 4 0 1 1
Espinoza A, ss 4 1 2 1 Rivera L, ss 4 0 0 0
Kelly R, cf 4 0 1 2 Romero E, 3b-2b 4 1 2 0
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34 7 8 7 33 5 9 4
New York 003 003 001 -- 7
Boston 400 100 000 -- 5
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Eiland D 4.0 8 5 3 2 1
Plunk E (W) 4.0 1 0 0 1 2
Righetti D (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Hetzel E 5.1 4 5 5 3 4
Smithson M (L) 0.2 3 1 1 0 0
Price J* 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Gardner W 2.0 1 1 1 2 1
* Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
E -- Espinoza A, Kutcher R, Mattingly D
DP -- New York 3
LOB -- New York 6, Boston 6
2B -- Greenwell M, Boggs W, Espinoza A, Romero E, Hall M
HR -- Hall M
SB -- Polonia L, Sax S, Barfield J
CS -- Kelly R
SF -- Heep D
HBP -- by Eiland D (Reed J)
T -- 2:55
A -- 33923
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