New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
July 31, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1973 at Fenway Park. The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 5, Boston Red Sox 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 5 0 0 0
Alou M. 1b 5 2 3 0
White lf 5 1 2 0
Murcer cf 5 0 3 3
Hart dh 4 0 1 1
  Blomberg ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Munson c 4 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 1 0
Alou F. rf 4 1 2 1
Michael ss 4 1 2 0
Dobson p 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 14 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper lf 5 1 2 3
Aparicio ss 4 0 1 0
Smith cf 4 0 2 0
  Evans pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Yastrzemski 1b 3 0 0 0
Cepeda dh 4 0 1 0
Petrocelli 3b 4 0 1 0
Fisk c 3 1 1 1
Griffin 2b 4 0 0 0
Miller rf,cf 4 2 2 0
Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Veale p 0 0 0 0
  Bolin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
New York 101 000 0035140
Boston 000 030 1004102
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson   5.2 7 3 3 1 5
  McDaniel  W (8-3) 3.1 3 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
8
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lee   8.0 11 4 4 0 0
  Veale  L (1-2) 0.1 3 1 1 0 1
  Bolin   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
5
5
0
1

  E–Yastrzemski (3), Fisk (9).  DP–New York 1, Boston 1.  2B–New York White (13,off Lee); Nettles (14,off Lee), Boston Miller (11,off McDaniel).  HR–New York F Alou (4,9th inning off Lee 0 on, 0 out), Boston Fisk (19,5th inning off Dobson 0 on, 1 out); Harper (12,5th inning off Dobson 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Aparicio (6,off McDaniel).  IBB–Fisk (1,by Dobson); Yastrzemski (6,by McDaniel).  SB–M Alou 2 (4,2nd base off Lee/Fisk 2); Harper (23,3rd base off McDaniel/Munson); Evans (3,2nd base off McDaniel/Munson).  WP–Dobson (1).  IBB–Dobson (5,Fisk); McDaniel (8,Yastrzemski).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Hank Morgenweck, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:34.  A–33,084.
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