Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics
July 14, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 14, 1968 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 5, Oakland Athletics 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Andrews 2b 4 1 1 0
Jones 1b 5 1 2 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 2 1 2
  Siebern rf 0 0 0 0
Harrelson rf 3 0 1 2
  Waslewski p 0 0 0 0
Smith cf 3 0 0 0
Petrocelli ss 3 0 1 1
Foy 3b 3 0 0 0
Gibson c 3 0 1 0
Pizarro p 2 0 0 0
  Tartabull ph,rf,lf 2 1 1 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 0 0 0
Cater 1b 5 1 3 0
Monday cf 5 0 1 1
Bando 3b 2 0 1 0
Rudi lf 3 0 0 0
Gosger rf 4 1 0 0
Green 2b 3 0 1 0
  Donaldson ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Duncan c 4 1 2 2
Odom p 3 0 1 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Aker p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Sprague p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
Boston 100 000 040581
Oakland 100 101 000392
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Pizarro  W (2-0) 7.0 9 3 2 3 5
  Waslewski  SV (2) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
2
3
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Odom  L (7-6) 7.0 6 4 3 3 3
  Lindblad   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Aker   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Sprague   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
4
4
5

  E–Petrocelli (9), Green (2), Odom (2).  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–Boston Yastrzemski (16,off Lindblad), Oakland Cater 2 (11,off Pizarro 2); Bando (17,off Pizarro).  HR–Oakland Duncan (3,6th inning off Pizarro 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Harrelson (4,off Aker); Petrocelli (3,off Aker).  HBP–Foy (2,by Aker).  IBB–Smith (5,by Aker).  SB–Bando (5,3rd base off Pizarro/Gibson).  HBP–Aker (4,Foy).  IBB–Aker (3,Smith).  U-HP–Al Salerno, 1B–Emmett Ashford, 2B–Bill Valentine, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:31.  A–24,016.
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