California Angels vs Boston Red Sox
August 8, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1969 at Fenway Park. The California Angels defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 7, Boston Red Sox 6

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 5 0 1 1
Spencer 1b 5 0 1 0
Reichardt lf 4 1 1 0
Fregosi ss 4 3 2 0
Johnstone cf 5 1 2 0
Voss rf 3 1 2 2
  Morton ph,rf 0 1 0 0
  Repoz rf 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 2 2
Egan c 3 0 1 2
  Tatum p 1 0 0 0
Messersmith p 2 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Hicks ph 1 0 0 0
  Kealey p 0 0 0 0
  Azcue c 2 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 12 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
O'Brien ss 5 0 0 0
Schofield 2b 4 1 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 1 2
Smith cf 3 2 2 0
Scott 3b 3 1 1 1
Conigliaro rf 3 1 1 1
Jones 1b 3 0 0 1
Moses c 3 0 0 1
Siebert p 1 0 0 0
  Landis p 1 0 0 0
  Stange p 0 0 0 0
  Lahoud ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 6 6
California 023 000 0027120
Boston 100 320 000660
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Messersmith   4.2 5 6 6 3 4
  Wright   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Kealey   1.0 0 0 0 2 2
  Tatum  W (5-1) 3.0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
6
6
6
5
10
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Siebert   2.1 6 5 5 2 3
  Landis   4.0 3 0 0 0 4
  Stange  L (4-7) 2.2 3 2 2 1 3
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
3
10

  E–None.  2B–California Spencer (9,off Stange); Rodriguez (14,off Stange), Boston Smith (20,off Messersmith); T Conigliaro (15,off Messersmith); Scott (10,off Wright).  3B–Boston Schofield (2,off Messersmith).  HR–Boston Yastrzemski (30,5th inning off Messersmith 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Rodriguez (2,by Siebert); Reichardt (6,by Landis); Morton (1,by Stange).  SF–Moses (1,off Messersmith).  HBP–Siebert (4,Rodriguez); Landis (3,Reichardt); Stange (4,Morton).  U-HP–Jake O'Donnell, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–3:21.  A–28,608.
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