Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox
May 17, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1964 at Fenway Park. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 6, Boston Red Sox 5

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Versalles ss 5 0 1 0
Rollins 3b 4 1 1 0
Oliva rf 4 1 2 0
Allison 1b 4 0 1 0
Hall cf 3 1 1 0
Killebrew lf 4 1 1 4
Allen 2b 3 1 0 0
McCabe c 3 0 0 0
  Battey ph,c 1 1 1 2
Stigman p 3 0 1 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Mincher ph 1 0 0 0
  Pleis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 9 6
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Schilling 2b 4 0 1 0
  Clinton ph 1 0 0 0
Bressoud ss 4 0 0 0
Yastrzemski cf 2 1 0 0
Malzone 3b 4 2 2 1
Stuart 1b 4 1 2 1
Conigliaro lf 4 0 2 1
Tillman c 4 0 0 1
Mejias rf 4 1 1 1
Wilson p 2 0 0 0
  Mantilla ph 1 0 0 0
  Radatz p 0 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 5
Minnesota 000 400 002690
Boston 001 003 010581
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Stigman   7.0 7 5 5 3 8
  Perry  W (2-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Pleis  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
3
10
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson   7.0 7 4 4 1 5
  Radatz  L (3-2) 2.0 2 2 2 1 5
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
2
10

  E–Wilson (1).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Minnesota Hall (4,off Wilson); Stigman (1,off Wilson), Boston Stuart (7,off Stigman).  3B–Minnesota Oliva (4,off Radatz).  HR–Minnesota Killebrew (9,4th inning off Wilson 3 on, 2 out); Battey (5,9th inning off Radatz 1 on, 1 out), Boston Mejias (1,3rd inning off Stigman 0 on, 0 out); Malzone (3,8th inning off Stigman 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–4.  Team–6.  WP–Wilson (2).  U-HP–Bob Stewart, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:55.  A–23,504.
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