Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
June 4, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1968 at Fenway Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 2, Boston Red Sox 0

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 3 0 0 0
Stanley cf 3 0 0 0
Northrup rf 4 0 1 1
Cash 1b 5 0 2 0
Horton lf 4 0 0 0
Wert 3b 3 1 1 1
Matchick ss 4 0 1 0
  Oyler ss 0 0 0 0
Price c 4 1 1 0
Dobson p 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Tartabull rf 4 0 1 0
Foy 3b 4 0 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 3 0 1 0
Smith cf 4 0 0 0
Scott 1b 3 0 1 0
Jones 2b 4 0 1 0
Petrocelli ss 2 0 0 0
Gibson c 2 0 0 0
  Siebern ph 1 0 0 0
  Wenz p 0 0 0 0
Waslewski p 2 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
  Oliver ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 5 0
Detroit 000 000 200261
Boston 000 000 000050
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson  W (1-0) 9.0 5 0 0 2 4
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
2
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Waslewski  L (2-7) 6.2 5 2 2 3 2
  Lyle   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Wenz   1.0 0 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
6
5

  E–Northrup (2).  DP–Detroit 1.  HR–Detroit Wert (6,7th inning off Waslewski 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Dobson (1,off Waslewski); Petrocelli (3,off Dobson).  HBP–McAuliffe (2,by Waslewski).  IBB–McAuliffe (2,by Waslewski).  SB–Yastrzemski (4,2nd base off Dobson/Price).  HBP–Waslewski (5,McAuliffe).  IBB–Waslewski (6,McAuliffe).  U-HP–Cal Drummond, 1B–Jim Odom, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:17.  A–31,698.
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