Boston Red Sox vs Washington Senators
May 8, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1968 at D.C. Stadium. 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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Boston Red Sox 3, Washington Senators 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Foy 3b 4 0 0 0
Jones 2b 3 0 0 0
  Adair ph,2b 1 0 1 1
Yastrzemski lf 3 0 0 1
Harrelson rf 3 1 0 0
  Gibson c 0 0 0 0
Smith cf 4 0 2 1
Scott 1b 4 0 1 0
Petrocelli ss 3 0 0 0
Howard c 2 0 1 0
  Tartabull pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Ellsworth p 3 1 1 0
  Bell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 3
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 4 0 2 0
Valentine rf 4 0 1 0
Howard 1b 4 0 0 0
Peterson lf 4 1 1 0
Hansen 3b,ss 3 0 2 0
Casanova c 4 0 0 0
Allen B. 2b,3b 4 0 3 1
Brinkman ss 2 0 0 0
  Allen H. ph 1 0 0 0
  Coggins 2b 1 0 0 0
Pascual p 0 0 0 0
  Bosman p 2 0 0 0
  Baldwin p 0 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Bowens ph 1 0 0 0
  Higgins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 9 1
Boston 000 000 120361
Washington 000 000 100190
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ellsworth  W (3-2) 7.1 8 1 1 0 5
  Bell  SV (1) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
0
7
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Pascual   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Bosman  L (0-3) 5.0 5 3 3 3 3
  Baldwin   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Knowles   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Higgins   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
3
8

  E–Ellsworth (1).  DP–Boston 2.  2B–Washington Hansen (7,off Ellsworth).  3B–Boston Smith (1,off Bosman), Washington B Allen (1,off Ellsworth).  SF–Yastrzemski (1,off Knowles).  SH–Hansen (1,off Ellsworth).  CS–Smith (3,3rd base by Bosman/Casanova).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Bill Kinnamon.  T–2:38.  A–7,104.
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