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Red Sox
@ Blue Jays
Exhibition Stadium
September 20, 1986
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Boston Red Sox, played on September 20, 1986 at Exhibition Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 20, 1986 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 20, 1986 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Al Nipper |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Joe Johnson |
| Ballpark | Exhibition Stadium |
| City | Toronto |
| State | ONT |
| Attendance | 43,713 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 23 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Vic Voltaggio 1B: Tim Welke 2B: Dave Phillips 3B: Larry McCoy |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Wade Boggs | Third Baseman |
| Marty Barrett | Second Baseman |
| Bill Buckner | First Baseman |
| Jim Rice | Left Fielder |
| Don Baylor | DH |
| Dwight Evans | Right Fielder |
| Tony Armas | Center Fielder |
| Rich Gedman | Catcher |
| Spike Owen | Shortstop |
| John McNamara | Manager |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tony Fernandez | Shortstop |
| Willie Upshaw | First Baseman |
| Lloyd Moseby | Center Fielder |
| George Bell | Left Fielder |
| Jesse Barfield | Right Fielder |
| Ernie Whitt | Catcher |
| Rick Leach | DH |
| Kelly Gruber | Third Baseman |
| Manuel Lee | Second Baseman |
| Jimy Williams | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Blue Jays
Exhibition Stadium
September 20, 1986
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Johnson
Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Johnson
Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gruber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buckner vs. Johnson
Buckner hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Nipper
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nipper juggles the ball. That's an error on Nipper. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Upshaw vs. Nipper
There goes Fernandez. The throw from Gedman and he is out, Owen applying the tag. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Upshaw vs. Nipper
Upshaw 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 -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moseby vs. Nipper
Moseby hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Nipper, and towards Boggs, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Johnson
Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baylor vs. Johnson
Baylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gruber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Johnson
Evans hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Armas vs. Johnson
Armas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Evans moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gedman vs. Johnson
Gedman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moseby. Gedman reaches second base with a double. Evans scores. Armas goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Owen vs. Johnson
Owen is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Nipper
Bell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Gedman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barfield vs. Nipper
Barfield hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boggs settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitt vs. Nipper
Whitt takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leach vs. Nipper
Leach strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Johnson
Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lee scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Johnson
Barrett hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buckner vs. Johnson
Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Upshaw scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Buckner for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gruber vs. Nipper
Gruber hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Nipper
Lee hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nipper fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Nipper
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nipper fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Upshaw vs. Nipper
Upshaw hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Johnson
Rice is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baylor vs. Johnson
Baylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Johnson
Evans hits a fly ball into center field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moseby vs. Nipper
Moseby hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Nipper
Bell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Armas who is chasing the ball. Bell reaches third base with a triple. Moseby goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Barfield vs. Nipper
Barfield hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bell scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitt vs. Nipper
Whitt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Barfield moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Leach vs. Nipper
Leach hits a line drive into center field. Armas picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Armas. Barfield scores. Whitt moves to third. Leach moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gruber vs. Crawford
Steve Crawford now pitching.
Gruber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Whitt scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lee vs. Crawford
Lee hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fernandez vs. Crawford
Fernandez hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Johnson
Armas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lee scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gedman vs. Johnson
Gedman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Owen vs. Johnson
Owen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boggs vs. Johnson
Boggs hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Owen moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Barrett vs. Johnson
Barrett hits a fly ball into right field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Upshaw vs. Crawford
Upshaw hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moseby vs. Crawford
The ball gets by Gedman for a passed ball. Upshaw moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moseby vs. Crawford
Moseby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Upshaw moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bell vs. Crawford
Bell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rice. Bell reaches second base with a double. Upshaw scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Barfield vs. Crawford
Barfield hits a popup towards short. Owen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Whitt vs. Crawford
Whitt hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buckner vs. Johnson
Buckner hits a fly ball into right field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Johnson
Rice hits a line drive into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baylor vs. Johnson
Baylor hits a line drive towards short. Fernandez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leach vs. Crawford
Leach hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops it up and throws to first, with Crawford covering, for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gruber vs. Crawford
Gruber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Crawford
Lee hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Johnson
Evans hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Bell. Evans reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Armas vs. Johnson
Armas hits a fly ball into center field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gedman vs. Johnson
Gedman hits a fly ball into right field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Greenwell vs. Johnson
Mike Greenwell pinch hits for Spike Owen.
Greenwell hits a fly ball into center field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Crawford
Ed Romero now playing shortstop.
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Upshaw vs. Crawford
Upshaw hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moseby vs. Crawford
Moseby hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Johnson
Boggs hits a line drive into right field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Johnson
Barrett takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Buckner vs. Johnson
Buckner hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Barrett moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rice vs. Eichhorn
Mark Eichhorn now pitching. Dave Stapleton pinch runs for Bill Buckner.
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gruber fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Stanley
Bob Stanley now pitching. Dave Stapleton now playing first base.
Bell strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barfield vs. Stanley
Barfield hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stapleton fields the ball and throws to Stanley covering. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitt vs. Stanley
Whitt hits a line drive towards first. Stapleton catches it and steps on first to double up Barfield. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baylor vs. Eichhorn
Baylor strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Eichhorn
Evans strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Eichhorn
Armas strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/20/1986 -- Boston at Toronto (D)
Boston AB R H RBI Toronto AB R H RBI
Boggs W, 3b 4 0 1 0 Fernandez T, ss 4 0 2 0
Barrett M, 2b 3 0 0 0 Upshaw W, 1b 4 1 1 0
Buckner B, 1b 4 0 1 0 Moseby L, cf 4 1 1 0
Stapleton D, pr-1b 0 0 0 0 Bell G, lf 4 1 2 2
Rice J, lf 3 0 0 0 Barfield J, rf 4 1 2 1
Baylor D, dh 4 0 0 0 Whitt E, c 3 1 1 0
Evans D, rf 4 1 2 0 Leach R, dh 3 0 1 0
Armas T, cf 4 1 1 0 Gruber K, 3b 3 0 0 1
Gedman R, c 3 0 2 2 Lee M, 2b 3 0 0 0
Owen S, ss 2 0 0 0
Greenwell M, ph 1 0 0 0
Romero E, ss 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 2 7 2 32 5 10 4
Boston 020 000 000 -- 2
Toronto 000 410 00x -- 5
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Nipper A (L)* 3.0 6 4 3 1 1
Crawford S 4.0 3 1 1 0 0
Stanley B 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson J (W) 7.1 7 2 2 1 1
Eichhorn M (S) 1.2 0 0 0 0 3
* Pitched to 5 batters in 4th
E -- Nipper A, Armas T
DP -- Boston 2, Toronto 2
LOB -- Boston 5, Toronto 4
2B -- Gedman R, Bell G, Evans D
3B -- Bell G
CS -- Fernandez T
HBP -- by Johnson J (Rice J)
PB -- Gedman R
T -- 2:23
A -- 43713
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