Washington Senators vs Boston Red Sox
July 4, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1969 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Washington Senators 4, Boston Red Sox 7

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 3 1 1 0
Brinkman ss 4 1 2 0
Howard lf 4 0 0 0
  Pascual pr 0 0 0 0
Epstein 1b 4 1 2 2
McMullen 3b 4 0 0 0
Alyea rf 3 1 3 1
Allen B. 2b 4 0 1 1
Casanova c 4 0 2 0
Coleman p 2 0 0 0
  Stroud ph 1 0 0 0
  Shellenback p 0 0 0 0
  Humphreys p 0 0 0 0
  Allen H. ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 11 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
O'Brien 2b 5 2 2 0
Lahoud lf 2 1 0 0
  Lock ph,lf 2 0 1 0
Yastrzemski 1b 4 1 2 2
Smith cf 3 2 2 2
Petrocelli ss 3 1 2 0
Conigliaro rf 4 0 1 3
Scott 3b 4 0 1 0
Satriano c 3 0 1 0
Nagy p 3 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 12 7
Washington 100 100 0204111
Boston 201 010 30x7120
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman  L (4-7) 6.0 8 4 4 1 4
  Shellenback   0.2 2 2 2 0 0
  Humphreys   1.1 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
2
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy  W (4-1) 8.0 11 4 4 5 4
  Romo   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Lyle  SV (7) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
6
4

  E–Howard (8).  DP–Washington 1, Boston 5.  2B–Boston T Conigliaro (11,off Humphreys).  HR–Washington Alyea (10,4th inning off Nagy 0 on, 0 out), Boston Yastrzemski (23,1st inning off Coleman 1 on, 1 out); Smith (16,3rd inning off Coleman 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Brinkman (2,by Nagy); Satriano (2,by Coleman).  IBB–Epstein (6,by Nagy).  SH–Nagy (1,off Coleman).  SF–Smith (6,off Coleman).  SB–Smith (5,2nd base off Humphreys/Casanova).  WP–Coleman (8).  HBP–Coleman (4,Satriano); Nagy (6,Brinkman).  IBB–Nagy (3,Epstein).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:50.  A–24,927.
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