Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics
May 30, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1968 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics 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 2, Oakland Athletics 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Tartabull rf 3 0 0 0
Jones 2b 3 1 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 2 0
Harrelson 1b 3 0 0 1
Smith cf 4 0 1 0
Foy 3b 3 0 0 0
Petrocelli ss 3 0 0 0
Gibson c 3 1 1 1
Ellsworth p 1 0 0 0
  Stange p 0 0 0 0
  Andrews ph 1 0 0 0
  Landis p 0 0 0 0
  Siebern ph 1 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 4 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 0 1 0
Kubiak 2b 3 2 2 1
Bando 3b 4 1 3 2
Pagliaroni c 4 0 3 1
Cater 1b 3 0 1 0
Rudi lf 4 0 0 0
Gosger cf 4 1 1 0
Hershberger rf 4 1 1 0
Krausse p 3 1 1 2
Totals 34 6 13 6
Boston 000 000 110240
Oakland 121 011 00x6130
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ellsworth  L (4-4) 2.0 6 4 4 0 2
  Stange   3.0 5 1 1 1 2
  Landis   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Lyle   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
6
6
2
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Krausse  W (2-6) 9.0 4 2 2 2 3
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
2
3

  E–None.  DP–Boston 2, Oakland 1.  PB–Pagliaroni (4).  2B–Boston Yastrzemski (12,off Krausse), Oakland Cater (5,off Ellsworth); Krausse (1,off Ellsworth); Kubiak (1,off Ellsworth); Bando (8,off Ellsworth); Campaneris (5,off Landis).  HR–Boston Gibson (1,8th inning off Krausse 0 on, 1 out), Oakland Bando (3,1st inning off Ellsworth 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Harrelson (2,off Krausse); Kubiak (1,off Landis).  CS–Hershberger (1,2nd base by Stange/Gibson).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Bob Stewart.  T–2:18.  A–19,964.
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