Boston Red Sox vs Minnesota Twins
July 17, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1968 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 6, Minnesota Twins 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Andrews 2b 5 0 0 0
Adair 3b 4 0 1 0
  Tartabull lf 1 0 0 0
Scott 1b 4 1 1 1
Harrelson rf 3 0 0 0
Smith cf 4 0 0 0
Petrocelli ss 4 2 3 1
Foy lf,3b 2 2 1 0
Gibson c 3 0 1 1
  Jones ph 0 1 0 0
  Waslewski p 0 0 0 0
  Ellsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Stange p 0 0 0 0
Culp p 3 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
  Nixon ph,c 1 0 1 3
Totals 34 6 8 6
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar lf 4 1 1 0
Reese 1b 4 2 3 1
Carew 2b 2 1 0 0
Oliva rf 4 0 1 0
Uhlaender cf 5 0 2 2
Quilici 3b 2 1 1 1
Roseboro c 3 0 0 0
  Kostro ph 1 0 0 0
  Zimmerman c 0 0 0 0
  Look ph 1 0 0 0
Renick ss 3 0 0 0
  Allison ph 1 0 0 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
  Holt ph 1 0 0 0
Kaat p 3 0 1 0
  Rollins ph 1 0 1 1
  Hernandez pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
Boston 110 010 003681
Minnesota 002 000 0125100
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Culp   6.1 8 2 2 5 3
  Lyle  W (5-1) 1.2 2 1 1 0 2
  Waslewski   0.0 0 2 2 2 0
  Ellsworth   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Stange  SV (10) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
8
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Kaat   8.0 6 3 3 2 5
  Worthington  L (2-4) 0.1 1 3 3 2 0
  Perranoski   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
4
5

  E–Foy (16).  DP–Boston 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Boston Petrocelli (12,off Worthington); Nixon (1,off Perranoski), Minnesota Oliva (21,off Culp); Tovar (19,off Culp); Uhlaender (15,off Culp); Quilici (6,off Lyle); Rollins (3,off Lyle).  3B–Boston Foy (2,off Kaat).  HR–Boston Scott (2,1st inning off Kaat 0 on, 2 out); Petrocelli (11,2nd inning off Kaat 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Foy (2,by Worthington).  SF–Quilici (3,off Stange).  CS–Gibson (1,2nd base by Kaat/Roseboro); Tovar (7,2nd base by Culp/Gibson).  SB–Uhlaender (9,2nd base off Culp/Gibson).  WP–Waslewski (9).  IBB–Worthington (7,Foy).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Bill Kinnamon, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–3:10.  A–13,883.
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