Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
August 2, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1974 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 5, Boston Red Sox 7

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Coggins rf 4 0 0 0
Blair cf 3 0 1 1
Davis dh 4 0 0 0
Grich 2b 3 1 0 0
Powell 1b 4 1 1 0
Baylor lf 3 1 0 0
Williams c 4 1 2 3
Cabell 3b 2 1 0 0
Belanger ss 3 0 1 0
Jefferson p 0 0 0 0
  Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 5 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper lf 5 0 0 0
Cooper dh 4 2 2 0
Yastrzemski 1b 3 3 3 1
Petrocelli 3b 3 1 1 1
Evans rf 2 0 1 3
Miller cf 3 0 0 0
Burleson ss 3 1 2 1
Griffin 2b 2 0 1 1
  McAuliffe 2b 2 0 0 0
Blackwell c 3 0 0 0
Wise p 0 0 0 0
  Marichal p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 10 7
Baltimore 002 300 000550
Boston 112 010 20x7101
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Jefferson   2.0 6 4 4 1 0
  Alexander  L (4-8) 4.2 4 3 3 2 1
  Jackson   1.1 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
4
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wise   3.0 3 3 1 1 1
  Marichal  W (3-1) 6.0 2 2 2 2 4
Totals
9.0
5
5
3
3
5

  E–Petrocelli (7).  DP–Baltimore 1, Boston 1.  2B–Baltimore Williams 2 (12,off Wise,off Marichal), Boston Cooper (20,off Jefferson); Burleson (14,off Jefferson); Yastrzemski (20,off Alexander).  3B–Boston Evans (6,off Alexander).  SF–Blair (3,off Wise); Burleson (3,off Alexander); Evans (5,off Alexander).  SH–Evans (4,off Alexander).  IBB–Miller (1,by Alexander).  CS–Cabell (2,2nd base by Marichal/Blackwell).  SB–Yastrzemski (10,2nd base off Jefferson/Williams).  WP–Alexander 2 (5).  IBB–Alexander (3,Miller).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:39.  A–25,046.
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