Washington Senators vs Boston Red Sox
July 21, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1968 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Washington Senators 3, Boston Red Sox 4

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 2 1 0 0
  Allen H. ph 1 0 0 0
Peterson rf 4 0 0 0
Epstein 1b 3 1 1 0
Howard lf 4 1 2 3
McMullen 3b 3 0 2 0
Allen B. 2b 4 0 0 0
Bryan c 4 0 0 0
Hansen ss 3 0 0 0
Coleman p 3 0 0 0
  Holman ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Andrews 2b 4 0 1 0
Adair 3b 4 0 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 3 0 1 0
Harrelson rf 4 1 1 0
Smith cf 3 2 2 3
Petrocelli ss 2 1 0 0
Scott 1b 4 0 1 0
Nixon c 3 0 0 0
Culp p 2 0 0 0
  Tartabull ph 1 0 0 0
  Waslewski p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 7 3
Washington 000 120 000360
Boston 020 000 02x470
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman  L (5-12) 8.0 7 4 4 2 4
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
2
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Culp   7.0 3 3 3 4 7
  Waslewski  W (4-7) 1.2 3 0 0 0 1
  Lyle  SV (6) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
4
8

  E–None.  DP–Washington 1, Boston 1.  2B–Washington Holman (2,off Waslewski).  3B–Washington F Howard (2,off Culp).  HR–Washington F Howard (27,4th inning off Culp 0 on, 0 out), Boston Smith 2 (5,2nd inning off Coleman 0 on, 1 out,8th inning off Coleman 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–McMullen (2,by Culp); Petrocelli 2 (3,by Coleman 2).  IBB–Hansen (5,by Culp); Smith (6,by Coleman).  SB–B Allen (1,2nd base off Culp/Nixon); Yastrzemski (8,2nd base off Coleman/Bryan).  CS–Epstein (1,2nd base by Waslewski/Nixon).  WP–Coleman (6), Lyle (1).  HBP–Coleman 2 (8,Petrocelli 2); Culp (6,McMullen).  IBB–Coleman (3,Smith); Culp (3,Hansen).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Bill Kinnamon, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:27.
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