Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
August 10, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 10, 1968 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 3, Detroit Tigers 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Andrews 2b 3 1 0 0
Jones 1b 5 1 2 1
Yastrzemski lf 2 0 1 0
Harrelson rf 4 0 1 2
Smith cf 4 0 0 0
Foy 3b 4 0 2 0
Petrocelli ss 3 0 0 0
Nixon c 3 0 0 0
  Scott ph 1 0 0 0
  Gibson c 0 0 0 0
Morehead p 1 1 0 0
  Stange p 1 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
  Adair ph 1 0 0 0
  Landis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 3 1 1 0
Stanley cf 4 1 2 1
Northrup rf 4 0 0 1
Cash 1b 4 1 3 1
Horton lf 3 0 1 0
Freehan c 3 0 0 1
Wert 3b 4 0 1 0
Tracewski ss 1 1 0 0
Patterson p 1 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Comer ph 1 0 0 0
  Lasher p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 0 0 0 0
  Kaline ph 1 0 0 0
  Wyatt p 0 0 0 0
  Lolich p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 8 4
Boston 001 020 000361
Detroit 100 001 11x481
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Morehead   5.1 5 2 1 3 2
  Stange   0.2 0 1 1 1 0
  Lyle   1.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Landis  L (3-3) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
3
4
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Patterson   4.1 4 3 3 2 3
  Hiller   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  McMahon   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Lasher   2.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Wyatt   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Lolich  W (9-7) 1.2 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
5
8

  E–Andrews (14), Cash (6).  PB–Nixon (2).  2B–Boston Jones (8,off Patterson), Detroit McAuliffe (22,off Morehead).  HR–Detroit Cash (17,8th inning off Landis 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Harrelson (6,off McMahon); Freehan (3,off Stange).  HBP–Petrocelli (4,by Patterson); Morehead (1,by Patterson).  SB–Smith (18,2nd base off Wyatt/Freehan).  CS–Harrelson (4,2nd base by Patterson/Freehan); McAuliffe (6,2nd base by Morehead/Nixon); Horton (2,2nd base by Landis/Gibson).  WP–Morehead (1), Lyle (2), Lasher (1).  HBP–Patterson 2 (4,Petrocelli,Morehead).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Bob Stewart.  T–3:09.  A–27,964.
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