New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics
April 23, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1968 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The New York Yankees defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 6, Oakland Athletics 3

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 4 1 0 0
Ferraro 3b 5 0 0 0
Mantle 1b 4 1 1 0
  Amaro 1b 0 0 0 0
Tresh lf 2 1 0 0
White rf 2 1 0 1
Robinson cf 4 2 2 2
Gibbs c 4 0 2 2
Michael ss 4 0 1 0
Downing p 0 0 0 0
  Cox ph 1 0 0 0
  Monbouquette p 3 0 1 1
Totals 33 6 7 6
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris lf 4 1 2 0
Jackson rf 4 1 1 1
Bando 3b 4 1 2 1
Lachemann c 4 0 0 0
Webster 1b 4 0 1 0
Hershberger cf 3 0 0 1
Donaldson 2b 3 0 0 0
Kubiak ss 3 0 0 0
Dobson p 2 0 0 0
  Segui p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
New York 400 002 000670
Oakland 300 000 000361
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Downing   1.0 4 3 3 0 1
  Monbouquette  W (2-1) 8.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
0
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson  L (1-1) 5.1 5 6 2 4 2
  Segui   1.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Lindblad   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
6
2
4
5

  E–Kubiak (1).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–New York Robinson (2,off Dobson); Mantle (1,off Dobson); Michael (2,off Lindblad), Oakland Jackson (2,off Downing); Bando (2,off Downing); Campaneris (1,off Monbouquette).  SF–White (1,off Dobson); Hershberger (1,off Downing).  SB–Clarke 2 (3,2nd base off Dobson/Lachemann,2nd base off Lindblad/Lachemann); Gibbs (1,2nd base off Dobson/Lachemann); Tresh (1,2nd base off Dobson/Lachemann).  U-HP–Bill Valentine, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Emmett Ashford, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–2:15.  A–9,381.
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