Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
September 17, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 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 0, Boston Red Sox 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford 2b 4 0 1 0
Belanger ss 4 0 0 0
Robinson F. rf 2 0 0 0
Powell 1b 3 0 1 0
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 1 0
Rettenmund cf 4 0 0 0
Blefary lf 3 0 1 0
Haney c 3 0 0 0
  Hendricks ph 1 0 0 0
McNally p 2 0 1 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
  Brabender p 0 0 0 0
  Motton ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 5 0
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Alvarado ss 4 1 1 0
Andrews 2b 4 0 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 2 1
  Thomas pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Harrelson rf 3 0 2 1
Foy 3b 3 0 0 0
Smith cf 2 0 0 0
Gibson c 2 0 0 0
Scott 1b 3 0 1 0
Culp p 2 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 6 2
Baltimore 000 000 000051
Boston 200 000 00x260
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally  L (20-10) 6.0 4 2 2 3 2
  Brabender   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
4
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Culp  W (14-5) 9.0 5 0 0 4 12
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
4
12

  E–McNally (1).  DP–Baltimore 1.  PB–Gibson (12).  2B–Baltimore B Robinson (31,off Culp), Boston Harrelson (17,off McNally).  3B–Boston Yastrzemski (2,off McNally).  IBB–Blefary (9,by Culp).  SH–Culp (6,off Brabender).  SB–Buford (25,2nd base off Culp/Gibson).  WP–McNally 2 (5).  IBB–Culp (5,Blefary).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Jim Odom, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–2:23.  A–17,523.
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