Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
June 8, 1966 Box Score

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

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Boston Red Sox 4, Detroit Tigers 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Petrocelli 3b 5 0 0 0
Gosger cf 5 2 3 3
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 1 0
Scott 1b 5 0 1 0
Foy ss 4 0 0 0
Conigliaro rf 4 1 1 1
Smith 2b 5 0 1 0
Ryan c 4 1 0 0
Wilson p 3 0 0 0
  Green ph 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 4 7 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe ss 3 1 1 0
Lumpe 2b 4 0 1 0
Cash 1b 4 1 1 1
Kaline cf 5 2 2 3
Northrup rf 5 1 1 0
Horton lf 5 0 0 0
Freehan c 4 0 0 0
Wert 3b 4 0 0 1
McLain p 3 0 0 0
  Brown ph 0 0 0 0
  Sherry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 6 5
Boston 002 100 010 00473
Detroit 001 002 010 01562
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson   9.0 5 4 3 2 5
  McMahon  L (1-3) 1.0 1 1 0 4 1
Totals
10.0
6
5
3
6
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
McLain   10.0 7 4 2 1 9
  Sherry  W (3-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
11.0
7
4
2
2
11

  E–Gosger (1), Scott (7), Foy (9), McAuliffe (2), Wert (5).  DP–Detroit 2.  HR–Boston Gosger 2 (5,3rd inning off McLain 1 on, 2 out,8th inning off McLain 0 on, 1 out); Conigliaro (10,4th inning off McLain 0 on, 2 out), Detroit Kaline 2 (8,6th inning off Wilson 1 on, 0 out,8th inning off Wilson 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Foy (2,by Sherry).  SH–McAuliffe (2,off McMahon).  IBB–Lumpe (1,by McMahon).  CS–Gosger (1,2nd base by McLain/Freehan).  WP–McLain (2).  HBP–Sherry (2,Foy).  IBB–McMahon (1,Lumpe).  U-HP–Jim Odom, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:56.  A–9,254.
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