Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
May 2, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1969 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 2, Boston Red Sox 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 3 0 1 0
Stanley cf 4 0 1 0
Kaline rf 3 0 0 0
Cash 1b 4 0 1 0
Horton lf 2 1 0 0
Freehan c 4 1 2 2
Wert 3b 3 0 0 0
  Brown ph 0 0 0 0
  Campbell ph 0 0 0 0
Tracewski ss 3 0 0 0
  Price ph 1 0 0 0
Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Radatz p 2 0 0 0
  Lasher p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 5 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Thomas 1b 4 0 0 0
Andrews 2b 4 1 1 0
Yastrzemski cf 4 2 3 3
Conigliaro rf 3 0 1 0
Smith lf 3 0 0 0
Scott 3b 3 0 0 0
Petrocelli ss 3 0 1 0
Gibson c 3 0 1 0
Siebert p 3 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 7 3
Detroit 020 000 000250
Boston 100 001 01x370
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson   2.0 3 1 1 0 2
  Radatz  L (1-1) 5.2 4 2 2 1 5
  Lasher   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
1
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Siebert  W (1-3) 8.2 5 2 2 4 7
  Lyle  SV (3) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
5
7

  E–None.  DP–Boston 2.  2B–Detroit McAuliffe (4,off Siebert); Freehan (2,off Siebert), Boston T Conigliaro (3,off Wilson); Andrews (6,off Radatz); Yastrzemski (5,off Radatz); Gibson (1,off Radatz).  HR–Detroit Freehan (6,2nd inning off Siebert 1 on, 0 out), Boston Yastrzemski 2 (6,1st inning off Wilson 0 on, 2 out,8th inning off Radatz 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Horton (1,by Siebert).  CS–Kaline (1,2nd base by Siebert/Gibson); T Conigliaro (1,2nd base by Lasher/Freehan).  SB–Yastrzemski (1,3rd base off Radatz/Freehan).  HBP–Siebert (1,Horton).  U-HP–Bob Stewart, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:24.  A–35,894.
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