New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
May 16, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1968 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 10, Boston Red Sox 11

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Howser 2b 1 3 0 0
White cf 5 1 3 3
Mantle 1b 4 1 2 0
  Clarke pr 0 0 0 0
Kosco rf 5 1 2 2
Tresh lf 5 1 1 1
Cox 3b 3 1 0 0
Fernandez c 4 1 1 4
Amaro ss 3 0 0 0
Stottlemyre p 3 1 0 0
  Verbanic p 0 0 0 0
  Womack p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 10 9 10
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Andrews 2b 3 2 0 1
Foy 3b 4 1 1 2
Yastrzemski lf 3 1 1 0
  Wyatt p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 1 1 1
  Stange p 0 0 0 0
Smith cf 5 2 2 1
Harrelson rf 3 1 2 3
Scott 1b 4 0 2 2
Adair ss 4 0 1 1
Howard c 2 1 2 0
  Landis p 0 0 0 0
  Tartabull ph,lf 3 1 0 0
Ellsworth p 1 0 0 0
  Stephenson p 0 0 0 0
  Oliver ph,c 2 1 2 0
Totals 35 11 14 11
New York 106 201 0001092
Boston 300 110 06x11140
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre   7.0 11 8 7 6 2
  Verbanic  L (1-2) 0.0 3 3 2 0 0
  Womack   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
14
11
9
7
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ellsworth   2.2 6 7 7 5 0
  Stephenson   1.1 1 2 2 1 1
  Landis   2.0 1 1 1 2 2
  Wyatt  W (1-2) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Stange  SV (3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
10
10
8
5

  E–Kosco (3), Cox (2).  DP–New York 1, Boston 2.  2B–New York Tresh (4,off Ellsworth), Boston Yastrzemski (7,off Stottlemyre); Foy (10,off Verbanic); Smith (13,off Verbanic).  HR–New York Fernandez (2,3rd inning off Ellsworth 3 on, 2 out); White (3,4th inning off Stephenson 1 on, 0 out), Boston Harrelson (5,1st inning off Stottlemyre 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Adair (1,off Womack).  SF–Scott (3,off Womack).  IBB–Harrelson (2,by Womack).  IBB–Womack (2,Harrelson).  U-HP–Bill Kinnamon, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:55.  A–22,879.
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