New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics
August 15, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1968 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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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New York Yankees 3, Oakland Athletics 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Tresh ss 5 1 1 0
Gibbs c 3 1 2 0
Mantle 1b 4 1 2 3
Pepitone cf 3 0 1 0
Colavito lf 4 0 0 0
Kosco rf 4 0 0 0
Cox 3b 4 0 2 0
Clarke 2b 4 0 3 0
Stottlemyre p 2 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Verbanic p 0 0 0 0
  Howser ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 11 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 3 1 1 1
Jackson rf 4 1 1 2
Keough lf 3 0 0 0
  Monday cf 1 0 0 0
Bando 3b 3 0 0 0
Green 2b 2 0 0 0
  Lewis pr 0 0 0 0
  Donaldson 2b 0 0 0 0
Cater 1b 3 0 0 0
Pagliaroni c 3 1 2 1
  Roof c 0 0 0 0
Gosger cf,lf 3 0 0 0
Odom p 1 1 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Aker p 1 0 0 0
  Krausse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 4 4 4
New York 000 003 0003110
Oakland 000 040 00x440
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  L (15-10) 6.0 4 4 4 2 6
  Verbanic   2.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
4
4
4
4
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Odom  W (11-8) 6.0 8 3 3 1 7
  Lindblad   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Aker   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Krausse  SV (4) 2.0 2 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
2
11

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 3.  2B–New York Cox (10,off Odom); Mantle (10,off Krausse), Oakland Campaneris (17,off Stottlemyre).  3B–New York Tresh (3,off Odom).  HR–New York Mantle (15,6th inning off Odom 2 on, 0 out), Oakland Pagliaroni (5,5th inning off Stottlemyre 0 on, 0 out); Jackson (22,5th inning off Stottlemyre 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Pepitone (7,by Krausse).  HBP–Bando (6,by Stottlemyre).  SB–Clarke (13,2nd base off Odom/Pagliaroni).  CS–Gibbs (7,2nd base by Odom/Pagliaroni); Lewis (1,2nd base by Verbanic/Gibbs).  WP–Stottlemyre (3).  HBP–Stottlemyre (3,Bando).  IBB–Krausse (6,Pepitone).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:37.  A–9,197.
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