Oakland Athletics vs Washington Senators
August 9, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1968 at D.C. Stadium. The Washington Senators defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 2, Washington Senators 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 0 1 0
Keough lf 5 0 1 0
  Hershberger lf 0 0 0 0
Monday cf 4 0 1 0
Bando 3b 4 1 0 0
Jackson rf 5 1 2 0
Cater 1b 4 0 3 2
Pagliaroni c 5 0 1 0
Green 2b 4 0 2 0
Dobson p 1 0 0 0
  Donaldson ph 1 0 0 0
  Segui p 0 0 0 0
  Gosger ph 1 0 0 0
  Aker p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 2 11 2
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 5 0 1 0
Cullen 2b,ss 5 1 1 0
McMullen 3b 5 1 2 2
Howard F. lf 4 1 1 0
Epstein 1b 2 0 1 0
Allen H. rf 3 0 0 0
French c 2 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 2 0 0 0
  Allen B. ph,2b 0 0 0 0
Bosman p 2 0 0 0
  Holman ph 0 0 0 0
  Howard B. p 0 0 0 0
  Stroud ph 0 0 0 0
  Peterson ph 1 0 0 0
  Ortega p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 2
Oakland 000 200 000 02111
Washington 001 001 000 1360
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson   6.0 5 2 1 4 5
  Segui   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Aker   1.1 0 0 0 2 1
  Lindblad  L (4-3) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.1
6
3
2
7
8
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Bosman   7.0 9 2 2 1 2
  Howard   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Ortega  W (5-10) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
11
2
2
3
2

  E–Campaneris (27).  DP–Oakland 1.  PB–Pagliaroni (6).  2B–Oakland Keough (1,off Bosman).  3B–Washington Cullen (1,off Dobson).  HR–Washington McMullen (15,10th inning off Lindblad 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Dobson (6,off Bosman); Cater (3,off B Howard); French (1,off Aker).  IBB–Green (2,by B Howard); Brinkman (3,by Dobson).  WP–Dobson 2 (8).  IBB–Dobson (8,Brinkman); B Howard (4,Green).  U-HP–Bill Valentine, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Al Salerno, 3B–Emmett Ashford.  T–3:04.  A–5,985.
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