Chicago White Sox vs Boston Red Sox
August 17, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1970 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 2, Boston Red Sox 7

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
O'Brien 3b 5 0 2 0
McCraw 1b 4 0 0 0
  Stange p 0 0 0 0
May lf 3 1 2 0
Melton rf 4 1 2 2
Herrmann c 3 0 0 0
Berry cf 2 0 2 0
Knoop 2b 4 0 0 0
Morales ss 4 0 0 0
Johnson p 1 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Blanco ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Andrews 2b 4 2 3 2
Smith cf 2 1 2 3
  Thomas lf 1 0 0 0
Yastrzemski 1b 4 0 0 0
  Scott 1b 0 0 0 0
Conigliaro T. rf 4 1 2 2
Petrocelli ss 4 0 1 0
Conigliaro B. lf,cf 3 0 1 0
Kennedy 3b 4 0 0 0
Moses c 4 1 1 0
Koonce p 2 2 1 0
  Lyle p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 11 7
Chicago 000 000 020280
Boston 101 301 10x7111
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L (1-3) 4.0 6 5 5 3 2
  Murphy   2.0 3 1 1 0 3
  Stange   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
7
7
3
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Koonce  W (2-3) 7.0 7 2 2 4 8
  Lyle  SV (17) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
4
9

  E–Kennedy (9).  DP–Boston 2.  2B–Chicago May (23,off Koonce), Boston T Conigliaro (11,off Johnson); Andrews 2 (19,off Johnson,off Murphy); Petrocelli (21,off Murphy).  HR–Chicago Melton (22,8th inning off Koonce 1 on, 0 out), Boston Smith (18,3rd inning off Johnson 0 on, 0 out); T Conigliaro (23,7th inning off Stange 0 on, 2 out).  CS–Smith (7,2nd base by Johnson/Herrmann).  U-HP–Bob Stewart, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Merlyn Anthony.  T–2:26.  A–12,658.
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