New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
September 28, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1968 at Fenway Park. The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 4, Boston Red Sox 3

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 3 0 0 0
Gibbs c 4 0 0 0
Mantle 1b 1 0 0 0
  Kosco 1b 3 1 1 1
White lf 3 1 0 0
Pepitone cf 2 2 1 1
Tresh ss 4 0 0 0
Robinson rf 3 0 2 1
Cox 3b 4 0 1 1
Stottlemyre p 2 0 0 0
  Colavito ph 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 5 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Andrews 2b 2 1 0 0
Jones 1b 4 0 1 1
Yastrzemski lf 1 1 0 0
Harrelson rf 3 0 1 0
  Thomas ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Smith cf 4 0 0 1
Foy 3b 4 0 0 0
Petrocelli ss 4 0 0 0
Gibson c 3 0 1 0
Lonborg p 3 1 0 0
Totals 29 3 3 2
New York 000 000 211451
Boston 000 120 000330
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre   6.0 3 3 2 5 1
  McDaniel  W (4-1) 3.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
3
3
2
5
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lonborg  L (6-10) 9.0 5 4 4 4 9
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
4
9

  E–Tresh (32).  2B–New York Cox (15,off Lonborg).  HR–New York Kosco (15,8th inning off Lonborg 0 on, 2 out); Pepitone (15,9th inning off Lonborg 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Robinson (4,off Lonborg).  IBB–Yastrzemski (13,by Stottlemyre).  SB–Clarke (19,2nd base off Lonborg/Gibson); Smith (22,2nd base off Stottlemyre/Gibbs).  CS–Andrews (8,Home by Stottlemyre/Gibbs).  IBB–Stottlemyre (7,Yastrzemski).  U-HP–Jake O'Donnell, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:27.  A–25,534.
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