Washington Senators vs Boston Red Sox
August 31, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1963 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Washington Senators 4, Boston Red Sox 5

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 5 0 1 1
Phillips 1b 4 0 1 1
Hinton lf 2 0 0 0
King rf 4 0 1 0
Lock cf 4 1 1 1
Zimmer 3b 3 1 1 0
Leppert c 3 0 0 0
  Osteen pr 0 1 0 0
Brinkman ss 3 1 0 0
Ridzik p 1 0 0 0
  Minoso ph 1 0 0 0
  Roebuck p 0 0 0 0
  Osborne ph 0 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Retzer ph 1 0 0 1
Totals 31 4 5 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Mantilla cf 4 1 3 0
Schilling 2b 4 0 1 1
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 0 0
Stuart 1b 4 0 0 0
Malzone 3b 4 1 3 0
Clinton rf 3 2 0 0
Bressoud ss 3 0 1 1
Nixon c 3 1 1 1
Turley p 3 0 1 2
  Radatz p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 5
Washington 000 000 103450
Boston 001 300 01x5100
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Ridzik  L (5-5) 5.0 7 4 4 1 1
  Roebuck   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Kline   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
3
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Turley  W (3-10) 7.2 2 1 1 6 6
  Radatz  SV (19) 1.1 3 3 3 2 3
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
8
9

  E–None.  DP–Washington 1, Boston 1.  2B–Washington Zimmer (9,off Radatz), Boston Malzone (22,off Ridzik); Schilling (22,off Ridzik); Nixon (15,off Ridzik); Mantilla (2,off Roebuck); Bressoud (21,off Kline).  HR–Washington Lock (23,7th inning off Turley 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–8.  IBB–Nixon (4,by Kline).  Team–7.  SB–Mantilla (2,2nd base off Ridzik/Leppert).  WP–Ridzik (3).  IBB–Kline (5,Nixon).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Al Salerno, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:29.  A–6,965.
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