Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
July 22, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 22, 1968 at Yankee Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 7, New York Yankees 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Andrews 2b 5 2 4 0
Jones 1b 3 1 1 2
  Scott 1b 1 0 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 3 0 0 0
  Adair ss 2 0 0 0
Harrelson rf 3 2 1 1
Smith cf 5 2 2 1
Petrocelli ss 3 0 1 2
  Tartabull pr,lf 2 0 1 1
Foy 3b 5 0 3 0
Nixon c 3 0 1 0
Lonborg p 4 0 1 0
  Waslewski p 1 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 16 7
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 5 0 2 0
White lf 4 2 1 0
Mantle 1b 2 1 0 0
Pepitone cf 5 0 0 0
Colavito rf 3 1 1 2
Tresh ss 4 1 2 3
Gibbs c 3 1 1 0
  Kosco ph 1 0 0 0
Cox 3b 3 0 0 1
Verbanic p 1 0 0 0
  Talbot p 0 0 0 0
  Howser ph 0 0 0 0
  Tillotson p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Womack p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 7 6
Boston 000 140 1107160
New York 100 000 023670
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lonborg  W (1-3) 6.0 1 1 1 8 4
  Waslewski   2.1 4 4 4 1 1
  Lyle  SV (7) 0.2 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
9
5
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Verbanic  L (3-4) 4.0 7 3 3 2 2
  Talbot   3.0 7 3 3 1 3
  Tillotson   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Womack   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
16
7
7
5
5

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1, New York 3.  2B–Boston Smith (28,off Talbot); Scott (9,off Tillotson).  3B–Boston Smith (4,off Talbot), New York Gibbs (3,off Waslewski); Colavito (1,off Lyle).  HR–Boston Harrelson (23,4th inning off Verbanic 0 on, 0 out); Jones (1,5th inning off Verbanic 1 on, 0 out), New York Tresh (7,8th inning off Waslewski 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Nixon (1,by Verbanic); Harrelson (6,by Tillotson).  SF–Cox (4,off Waslewski).  HBP–Gibbs (5,by Lonborg).  SB–Foy (9,2nd base off Verbanic/Gibbs); Mantle (5,2nd base off Lonborg/Nixon); White (14,2nd base off Lonborg/Nixon).  HBP–Lonborg (6,Gibbs).  IBB–Verbanic (7,Nixon); Tillotson (2,Harrelson).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Cal Drummond, 2B–Jim Odom, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–3:03.  A–18,361.
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