Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
June 3, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 1968 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 3, Boston Red Sox 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 2 3 1
Stanley cf 4 0 0 0
Northrup rf 5 0 3 2
Freehan c 3 0 1 0
Horton lf 4 0 1 0
Mathews 3b 4 0 0 0
Cash 1b 4 0 1 0
Oyler ss 2 0 0 0
  Matchick ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Sparma p 2 0 0 0
  Ribant p 1 1 1 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 3 11 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Tartabull cf 4 0 1 0
Foy 3b 2 1 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 3 1 1 0
Harrelson rf 5 1 1 1
Jones 2b 4 0 0 1
  Andrews pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Scott 1b 4 1 3 0
Petrocelli ss 3 0 1 1
Howard c 4 0 2 1
Santiago p 3 0 0 0
  Landis p 0 0 0 0
  Lonborg p 1 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Detroit 001 000 2003112
Boston 000 040 00x490
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sparma  L (4-5) 4.2 8 4 4 4 3
  Ribant   3.0 1 0 0 3 2
  Patterson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
7
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Santiago  W (6-3) 6.2 9 3 3 1 4
  Landis   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Lonborg   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Lyle  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
2
4

  E–Horton (2), Ribant (1).  DP–Boston 2.  2B–Detroit Cash (4,off Santiago); Brown (1,off Lonborg), Boston Tartabull (1,off Sparma); Scott 2 (5,off Sparma,off Ribant); Harrelson (5,off Sparma).  HR–Detroit McAuliffe (6,3rd inning off Santiago 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Freehan (6,by Lonborg).  SH–Petrocelli (2,off Ribant).  IBB–Yastrzemski (6,by Ribant).  WP–Santiago (6).  HBP–Lonborg (1,Freehan).  IBB–Ribant (1,Yastrzemski).  U-HP–Ed Runge, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Cal Drummond, 3B–Jim Odom.  T–3:01.  A–17,552.
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