"We were unlucky when Boggs' line drive went at the left fielder," Boston manager Joe Morgan said. "That was pretty much the ballgame."
With two outs in the ninth, Jody Reed doubled off Eckersley and Rich Gedman walked. Again, it was Boggs' turn, and he fanned on four pitches.
"I don't remember when the last time I struck out twice in a game," Boggs said.
Canseco's home run had held up since the fourth inning as Stewart and Hurst hooked up in a pitching duel on a chilly afternoon at Fenway. After Boggs tied it in the seventh, Oakland came right back in the eighth.
Dodgers 6, Mets 3
Despite a bases-loaded threat by the Mets in the ninth inning, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated New York, 6-3, to even the National League playoff series at one game apiece.
Alejandro Pena, who saved the game for winner Tim Belcher, got Gary Carter to fly out to right field for the final out of the game. Los Angeles gave New York starter David Cone a quick exit with a four-run inning in the second.