Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
July 3, 1968 Box Score

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

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Oakland Athletics 3, Boston Red Sox 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 1 0
Kubiak 2b 4 1 0 0
Jackson rf 4 0 1 0
Cater lf,1b 4 1 3 1
Donaldson 3b 4 1 1 0
  Bando 3b 1 0 0 0
Webster 1b 3 0 0 0
  Segui p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 0 0 0 0
  Hunter pr 0 0 0 0
  Sprague p 0 0 0 0
  Rudi ph 1 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Sanders p 0 0 0 0
Gosger cf,lf 5 0 1 2
Roof c 4 0 1 0
  Odom pr 0 0 0 0
  Duncan c 1 0 0 0
Nash p 2 0 0 0
  Monday ph,cf 3 0 1 0
Totals 40 3 9 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Andrews 2b 5 0 2 1
Jones 1b 5 0 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 5 0 1 0
Harrelson rf 4 0 2 0
Smith cf 5 1 2 0
Petrocelli ss 4 2 2 1
Foy 3b 4 1 2 2
Howard c 4 0 1 0
Culp p 3 0 0 0
  Lyle p 1 0 0 0
  Siebern ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 4 12 4
Oakland 100 200 000 00391
Boston 010 001 010 014120
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Nash   6.0 8 2 2 2 5
  Segui   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Sprague   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Lindblad   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Sanders  L (0-1) 1.1 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
10.2
12
4
4
4
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Culp   8.1 8 3 3 4 5
  Lyle  W (4-1) 2.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
11.0
9
3
3
4
7

  E–Kubiak (7).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Petrocelli (11,off Nash); Harrelson (10,off Nash); Smith (24,off Sprague).  3B–Oakland Gosger (1,off Culp).  HR–Boston Petrocelli (9,6th inning off Nash 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Campaneris (4,off Culp); Howard (2,off Sanders).  HBP–Kubiak (2,by Culp).  IBB–Harrelson (5,by Sanders).  SB–Kubiak (1,2nd base off Culp/Howard); Jackson 2 (9,2nd base off Culp/Howard 2); Campaneris (26,2nd base off Culp/Howard); Donaldson (5,2nd base off Culp/Howard); Smith (12,2nd base off Nash/Roof); Yastrzemski (5,2nd base off Sanders/Duncan).  HBP–Culp (5,Kubiak).  IBB–Sanders (1,Harrelson).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Bob Stewart, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–3:28.  A–18,714.
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