New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
August 17, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1958 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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New York Yankees 5, Boston Red Sox 6

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Bauer rf 4 1 0 0
Kubek ss 4 0 1 0
Mantle cf 4 1 2 3
Berra c 4 0 0 0
McDougald 2b 4 0 0 0
Siebern lf 3 0 0 0
Howard 1b 4 0 1 0
Carey 3b 3 1 2 1
  Skowron ph 1 0 1 0
  Richardson pr 0 0 0 0
Ditmar p 0 0 0 0
  Larsen ph 1 1 1 1
  Maas p 0 0 0 0
  Slaughter ph 1 0 0 0
  Shantz p 0 0 0 0
  Lumpe ph 0 1 0 0
  Trucks p 0 0 0 0
  Throneberry ph 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Buddin ss 5 1 1 1
Runnels 2b 4 1 1 0
Williams lf 4 1 4 1
Malzone 3b 4 1 2 0
Jensen rf 3 0 1 2
Gernert 1b 4 1 1 1
Piersall cf 4 0 0 0
White c 3 1 1 1
Delock p 4 0 0 0
  Kiely p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 11 6
New York 001 010 030582
Boston 220 011 00x6110
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ditmar  L (8-4) 2.0 5 4 4 0 0
  Maas   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Shantz   3.0 5 2 2 2 1
  Trucks   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 8.0 11 6 6 2 4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Delock  W (11-3) 8.2 8 5 5 2 4
  Kiely  SV (11) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 8 5 5 2 4

  E–McDougald (14), Carey (10).  DP–New York 2. Carey-McDougald-Howard, Shantz-McDougald-Howard, Boston 1. Malzone-Runnels-Gernert.  2B–New York Skowron (20,off Delock), Boston Malzone (24,off Ditmar); Williams (18,off Shantz).  HR–New York Larsen (4,3rd inning off Delock 0 on 2 out); Carey (12,5th inning off Delock 0 on 2 out); Mantle (35,8th inning off Delock 2 on 2 out)., Boston White (4,2nd inning off Ditmar 0 on 1 out); Buddin (9,2nd inning off Ditmar 0 on 2 out); Gernert (16,6th inning off Shantz 0 on 0 out)..  Team LOB–4.  Team–7.  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–2:28.  A–30,501.

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