Cleveland Guardians 8 – 12 Boston Red Sox
28 May 1987 · BOS07
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Three-Homer Game · 3 | Joe Carter | 1 in 321 games |
| 40 | final score 12–8 | 1 in 717 games | |
| 38 | 6 RBI | Dwight Evans | 1 in 1,786 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Guardians | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 1 |
| Boston Red Sox | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | – | 12 | 15 | 1 |
Box score
Cleveland Guardians batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Butler | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Julio Franco | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Pat Tabler | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Joe Carter | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 HR |
| Mel Hall | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Brook Jacoby | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Dave Clark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carmelo Castillo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cory Snyder | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Rick Dempsey | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Doug Frobel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 41 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 |
Cleveland Guardians pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Carlton | 4.1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Ed Vande Berg | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Yett | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Ernie Camacho | 2.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Bailes | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Boston Red Sox batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellis Burks | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Marty Barrett | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2B |
| Wade Boggs | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Jim Rice | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Don Baylor | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dwight Evans | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Dave Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Buckner | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Rich Gedman | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Spike Owen | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 37 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 |
Boston Red Sox pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Leister | 2.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Bolton | 2.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Steve Crawford | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wes Gardner | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |