Boston Red Sox vs Minnesota Twins
May 8, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1966 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 4, Minnesota Twins 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Petrocelli ss 4 0 0 0
Green cf 4 0 2 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 1 0
Scott 1b 4 1 1 2
Conigliaro rf 4 1 0 0
Jones 2b 4 1 2 1
  Smith 2b 0 0 0 0
Foy 3b 4 0 0 0
Ryan c 4 0 1 1
Santiago p 3 0 1 0
  Brandon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Versalles ss 2 0 0 0
  Tovar ss 2 0 1 0
Uhlaender lf 4 0 0 0
Oliva rf 4 0 1 0
Mincher 1b 4 0 0 0
Hall cf 4 1 2 1
Killebrew 3b 2 0 0 0
Allen 2b 3 0 0 0
Battey c 3 0 0 0
Grant p 2 0 0 0
  Valdespino ph 1 0 0 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Boston 010 000 120480
Minnesota 000 000 100141
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Santiago  W (1-1) 6.1 3 1 1 2 7
  Brandon  SV (1) 2.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
9
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Grant  L (2-2) 8.0 8 4 3 0 1
  Worthington   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
0
2

  E–Versalles (7).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Boston Green (3,off Grant).  3B–Boston Ryan (2,off Grant).  HR–Boston Jones (1,7th inning off Grant 0 on, 0 out); Scott (10,8th inning off Grant 1 on, 2 out), Minnesota Hall (1,7th inning off Santiago 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Oliva (5,2nd base off Santiago/Ryan).  U-HP–Bill Kinnamon, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–1:59.  A–16,052.
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