Oakland Athletics vs New York Yankees
August 7, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1968 at Yankee Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 4, New York Yankees 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 2 0
Jackson rf 4 0 1 1
Cater 1b 5 0 1 0
Bando 3b 5 1 1 0
Rudi lf 4 0 0 0
Monday cf 4 0 2 0
Pagliaroni c 2 1 2 1
  Donaldson ph,2b 2 0 0 1
Green 2b 2 0 0 0
  Gosger ph 1 0 0 0
  Duncan c 1 0 0 0
Odom p 2 0 0 0
  Aker p 0 0 0 0
  Keough ph 1 1 1 1
  Krausse p 0 0 0 0
  Hershberger ph 1 1 1 0
  Sprague p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 11 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Howser 2b 2 1 0 0
  Clarke ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Robinson rf 5 1 2 0
White lf 4 0 2 1
Pepitone cf 5 0 0 0
Kosco 1b 5 0 1 0
Smith 3b 3 0 0 0
  Tresh ph 1 0 0 0
Fernandez c 2 0 0 0
  Mantle ph 1 0 1 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Colavito ph 0 0 0 0
Michael ss 5 1 2 0
Peterson p 2 0 1 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Gibbs ph,c 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 1
Oakland 000 010 110 14110
New York 000 002 100 0390
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Odom   6.1 6 3 3 5 6
  Aker   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Krausse  W (8-8) 2.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Sprague  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
9
3
3
7
7
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Peterson   6.1 6 2 2 0 3
  McDaniel   1.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Hamilton  L (1-1) 2.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.0
11
4
4
0
3

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1, New York 1.  2B–Oakland Campaneris (13,off McDaniel), New York Robinson 2 (10,off Odom 2); Michael (3,off Odom); Mantle (9,off Krausse).  3B–New York White (4,off Odom).  HR–Oakland Pagliaroni (3,5th inning off Peterson 0 on, 2 out); Keough (1,8th inning off McDaniel 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Jackson (3,off Peterson); Campaneris (7,off Hamilton); McDaniel (2,off Odom).  IBB–Smith (2,by Odom); Gibbs (5,by Krausse).  WP–Odom (9).  IBB–Odom (7,Smith); Krausse (5,Gibbs).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–3:05.  A–20,643.
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