Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox
August 20, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1969 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 6, Boston Red Sox 7

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar 2b,lf 3 2 1 2
Uhlaender cf 4 0 1 0
Killebrew 3b 4 1 1 2
Oliva rf 5 1 1 0
Reese 1b 5 1 1 0
Nettles lf 3 0 1 0
  Renick ph,lf 2 0 0 0
  Chance p 0 0 0 0
Roseboro c 3 0 0 0
  Mitterwald ph,c 1 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 4 0 2 1
Kaat p 1 0 0 0
  Zepp p 1 0 0 0
  Woodson p 0 0 0 0
  Manuel ph 1 0 0 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
  Allison ph 1 1 1 0
  Crider p 0 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
  Quilici 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 9 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
O'Brien 3b 4 2 1 2
  Schofield ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Andrews 2b 3 1 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 3 0 1 0
  Lock pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Smith cf 3 0 1 1
Petrocelli ss 5 1 1 1
Conigliaro rf 5 0 2 1
Scott 1b 4 1 2 2
Moses c 4 0 2 0
Nagy p 2 2 1 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Siebert p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 11 7
Minnesota 000 001 320691
Boston 001 122 0017114
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Kaat   3.2 5 2 2 0 1
  Zepp   1.0 1 2 0 2 0
  Woodson   1.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Worthington   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Crider   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Perranoski  L (8-8) 0.2 0 1 1 2 0
  Chance   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.2
11
7
5
5
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy   6.2 6 4 3 4 4
  Lee   1.0 3 2 2 0 3
  Siebert   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Lyle  W (7-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
5
4
7

  E–Cardenas (24), Andrews (18), Petrocelli (9), Scott (14), Nagy (3).  DP–Minnesota 1, Boston 1.  2B–Minnesota Nettles (6,off Nagy); Oliva (31,off Nagy), Boston Moses (4,off Crider).  HR–Minnesota Killebrew (35,7th inning off Nagy 1 on, 2 out); Tovar (6,8th inning off Lee 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Andrews (7,off Zepp); Lock (1,off Perranoski).  SF–Smith (7,off Zepp).  IBB–Yastrzemski (9,by Zepp); Jones (3,by Crider); Smith (5,by Perranoski).  SB–Tovar (31,2nd base off Nagy/Moses).  WP–Kaat (7).  IBB–Zepp (1,Yastrzemski); Crider (6,Jones); Perranoski (14,Smith).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Jim Odom.  T–3:04.  A–30,003.
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