The Oakland Athletics decisively defeated the Boston Red Sox, 9 to 5, on July 4, 1987.

1987 Oakland Athletics

Final

BOS

Red Sox

39-41

5

1

0

4

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

1

3

6

0

0

7

1

0

8

3

2

9

0

R

5

9

H

12

14

E

0

1

Bottom 1st

BOS

OAK

Athletics

Double by Jose Canseco; Luis Polonia, Carney Lansford, and Mike Davis scored.

0

3

Athletics

Double by Dwayne Murphy; Jose Canseco scored.

0

4

Top 5th

BOS

OAK

Red Sox

Single by Marc Sullivan; Dwight Evans scored.

1

4

Bottom 5th

BOS

OAK

Athletics

Home run by Mark McGwire; Carney Lansford scored.

1

6

Athletics

Home run by Jose Canseco.

1

7

Top 7th

BOS

OAK

Red Sox

Single by Spike Owen; Dwight Evans scored.

2

7

Top 8th

BOS

OAK

Red Sox

Single by Don Baylor; Wade Boggs scored.

3

7

Red Sox

Bill Buckner grounded out; Mike Greenwell scored.

4

7

Red Sox

Single by Jim Rice; Don Baylor scored.

5

7

Bottom 8th

BOS

OAK

Athletics

Home run by Mickey Tettleton.

5

8

Athletics

Double by Mike Davis; Alfredo Griffin scored.

5

9

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ellis Burks CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
Marty Barrett 2B 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Wade Boggs 3B 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Mike Greenwell LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Don Baylor DH 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dwight Evans RF 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Bill Buckner 1B 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Spike Owen SS 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Rice PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ed Romero PR,SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marc Sullivan C 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Todd Benzinger PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rich Gedman C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 12 5 0 1 6 0 0 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bruce Hurst (L) 5.0 9 7 7 1 9 2
Steve Crawford 1.1 2 0 0 1 2 0
Joe Sambito 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 1
Calvin Schiraldi 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 8.0 14 9 9 2 12 3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Luis Polonia LF 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Carney Lansford 3B 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Mike Davis RF 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2
Mark McGwire 1B 5 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 4
Jose Canseco DH 4 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 6
Dwayne Murphy CF 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
Tony Phillips 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Mickey Tettleton C 4 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 5
Alfredo Griffin SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Totals 38 9 14 9 3 2 12 1 0 27

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jose Rijo (W) 7.1 11 5 3 0 4 0
Dennis Eckersley (S) 1.2 1 0 0 1 2 0
Totals 9.0 12 5 3 1 6 0

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More Athletics Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

4

Langeliers

Shea Langeliers

RBI

9

Langeliers

Shea Langeliers

AVG

.303

Nevin

Tyler Nevin

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

2

Kelly

Michael Kelly

K

18

Stripling

Ross Stripling

ERA

1.08

Blackburn

Paul Blackburn

Team Rankings

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HR

17

19th

R

56

29th

SO

151

21st

ERA

3.72

9th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Rangers Rangers
11 9 .550
Angels Angels
9 10 .474 1.5
Mariners Mariners
9 10 .474 1.5
Athletics Athletics
8 11 .421 2.5
Astros Astros
6 14 .300 5.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/19
OAK OAK
@
CLE CLE
7:10 PM
Sat
4/20
OAK OAK
@
CLE CLE
6:10 PM
Sun
4/21
OAK OAK
@
CLE CLE
1:40 PM
Mon
4/22
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
1:05 PM
Tue
4/23
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM

Last Game

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6

Final

3

Wed 17 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
4/17
ARI ARI
@
SFG SFG
0-6
Wed
4/17
LAA LAA
@
TBR TBR
1-2
Wed
4/17
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
5-4
Wed
4/17
TEX TEX
@
DET DET
9-7
Tue
4/16
KCR KCR
@
CWS CWS
1-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/19
MIA MIA
@
CHC CHC
2:20 PM
Fri
4/19
BOS BOS
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
CWS CWS
@
PHI PHI
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
LAA LAA
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
HOU HOU
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM