Boston Red Sox vs Minnesota Twins
May 26, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1968 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 4, Minnesota Twins 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Andrews 2b 4 0 1 0
Foy 3b 4 1 2 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 1 0
Smith cf 4 1 1 1
Petrocelli ss 4 0 0 0
Harrelson rf 4 1 2 3
Adair 1b 2 0 1 0
  Scott 1b 2 0 0 0
Howard c 4 0 0 0
Ellsworth p 3 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar 2b 4 0 2 1
Oliva rf 4 0 1 1
Killebrew 1b 4 1 1 1
Rollins 3b 4 0 0 0
Allison lf 4 0 0 0
Uhlaender cf 3 1 1 1
Hernandez ss 3 0 0 0
Zimmerman c 3 1 2 0
  Holt pr 0 1 0 0
  Roseboro c 0 0 0 0
Merritt p 1 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 1 1 1
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Kostro ph 1 0 1 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 5
Boston 000 400 000480
Minnesota 000 002 012590
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ellsworth   7.1 7 3 3 1 5
  Lyle  L (2-1) 1.1 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.2
9
5
5
1
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt   6.0 7 4 4 0 8
  Miller   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Worthington  W (2-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
0
9

  E–None.  DP–Boston 3.  2B–Minnesota Zimmerman (1,off Ellsworth); Clark (2,off Ellsworth).  HR–Boston Harrelson (6,4th inning off Merritt 2 on, 1 out), Minnesota Killebrew (9,9th inning off Lyle 0 on, 0 out); Uhlaender (3,9th inning off Lyle 0 on, 2 out).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Al Salerno, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:18.  A–15,964.
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