Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
July 29, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 29, 1968 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 2, Boston Red Sox 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford cf,2b 4 1 3 1
Belanger ss 4 0 1 0
  Valentine ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Robinson F. rf 3 1 0 0
Powell 1b 3 0 1 0
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 0 0
Hendricks c 5 0 0 1
Johnson 2b,ss 4 0 0 0
Blefary lf 4 0 1 0
Bunker p 2 0 1 0
  May ph 0 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
  Motton ph 1 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 7 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Tartabull cf 5 2 2 0
Andrews 2b 5 0 1 1
Yastrzemski lf 3 0 0 1
Harrelson rf 2 0 1 0
Scott 1b 4 0 0 0
Petrocelli ss 4 1 1 0
Foy 3b 4 0 1 0
Howard c 2 0 1 0
  Nixon c 2 0 0 0
Culp p 3 0 0 1
Totals 34 3 7 3
Baltimore 100 000 010 0272
Boston 100 100 000 1371
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Bunker   6.0 4 2 1 2 6
  Watt   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Drabowsky  L (2-4) 1.1 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.1
7
3
2
2
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Culp  W (7-4) 10.0 7 2 2 6 12
Totals
10.0
7
2
2
6
12

  E–Johnson (13), Bunker (1), Howard (1).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Tartabull 2 (5,off Bunker,off Drabowsky); Howard (4,off Bunker); Andrews (12,off Drabowsky).  HR–Baltimore Buford (8,1st inning off Culp 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–F Robinson (7,by Culp).  SH–Culp (3,off Bunker).  SF–Yastrzemski (3,off Bunker).  SB–Buford 2 (10,2nd base off Culp/Howard,2nd base off Culp/Nixon); Foy (13,2nd base off Bunker/Hendricks).  CS–May (3,2nd base by Culp/Nixon).  HBP–Culp (7,F Robinson).  U-HP–Al Salerno, 1B–Emmett Ashford, 2B–Bill Valentine, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:52.  A–20,539.
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