Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
August 16, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1973 at Fenway Park. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 6, Boston Red Sox 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 1 2 0
North cf 5 0 0 0
Bando 3b 4 2 2 0
Jackson rf 4 2 3 4
Johnson dh 4 0 1 1
  Hegan ph,dh,1b 1 0 0 0
Tenace 1b 3 0 0 0
  Blue p 0 0 0 0
Alou lf 4 1 2 0
Fosse c 4 0 1 0
Green 2b 3 0 0 0
  Morales ph 1 0 0 0
  Kubiak 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 11 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper lf 4 0 0 0
Aparicio ss 3 0 0 1
Yastrzemski 1b 3 0 0 0
Cepeda dh 3 0 2 0
  Kennedy pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Cater 3b 4 0 0 0
Fisk c 4 1 1 1
Miller cf 4 1 1 0
Griffin 2b 2 1 0 0
Evans rf 3 0 0 0
Curtis p 0 0 0 0
  Pole p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 4 2
Oakland 100 110 3006111
Boston 000 000 021343
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  W (13-7) 9.0 4 3 1 3 8
Totals
9.0
4
3
1
3
8
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis  L (11-10) 6.1 11 6 5 1 4
  Pole   2.2 0 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
11
6
5
3
7

  E–North (5), Aparicio (15), Fisk (11), Curtis (2).  DP–Oakland 1, Boston 1.  PB–Fosse (6).  2B–Oakland Alou (1,off Curtis), Boston Cepeda (22,off Blue); Miller (14,off Blue).  HR–Oakland Jackson 2 (29,5th inning off Curtis 0 on, 2 out,7th inning off Curtis 2 on, 1 out), Boston Fisk (22,9th inning off Blue 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Aparicio (7,off Blue).  SB–Campaneris (24,2nd base off Curtis/Fisk); Jackson (18,2nd base off Pole/Fisk).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:42.  A–20,424.
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