Boston Red Sox vs Minnesota Twins
August 30, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 1969 at Metropolitan Stadium. 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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Boston Red Sox 7, Minnesota Twins 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
O'Brien 3b 4 2 1 1
Andrews 2b 4 2 3 3
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 1 0
Smith cf 4 0 0 0
Petrocelli ss 4 1 1 0
Conigliaro rf 3 1 1 1
Jones 1b 4 0 0 0
Moses c 4 0 1 1
Nagy p 2 1 0 0
  Lyle p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 8 6
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Uhlaender cf 5 1 1 2
Tovar 2b 4 1 2 2
Oliva rf 4 0 0 0
Killebrew 3b 3 0 0 0
Reese 1b 4 1 1 0
Nettles lf 4 0 1 0
Roseboro c 2 0 0 0
  Mitterwald c 2 1 1 1
Cardenas ss 2 1 1 0
Boswell p 1 0 0 0
  Renick ph 1 0 1 0
  Zepp p 0 0 0 0
  Manuel ph 1 0 0 0
  Woodson p 0 0 0 0
  Allison ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Boston 011 031 100780
Minnesota 000 000 500583
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy  W (10-2) 6.2 8 5 5 1 0
  Lyle  SV (13) 2.1 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
2
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Boswell  L (14-10) 5.0 4 5 5 3 2
  Zepp   2.0 3 2 1 1 0
  Woodson   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
7
6
5
2

  E–Tovar (10), Reese (7), Roseboro (11).  DP–Boston 1, Minnesota 1.  PB–Mitterwald (5).  2B–Minnesota Tovar (21,off Nagy); Reese (21,off Nagy); Uhlaender (14,off Nagy).  3B–Boston Moses (1,off Zepp).  HR–Minnesota Tovar (7,7th inning off Nagy 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Nagy (1,by Boswell); Killebrew (5,by Nagy).  HBP–Nagy (10,Killebrew); Boswell (7,Nagy).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Jake O'Donnell, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:28.  A–19,917.
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