Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
September 21, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 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 6

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Belanger ss 4 0 0 0
Blair cf 5 1 3 1
Grich 2b 4 1 1 1
Davis dh 5 0 0 0
Baylor lf 5 0 3 1
  Fuller lf 0 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 5 1 2 0
Williams 1b 4 0 2 0
Cabell rf 4 0 1 1
Etchebarren c 4 2 2 1
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 14 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Beniquez cf 4 1 0 0
Cooper dh 3 1 2 0
  Johnson ph,dh 2 0 1 1
Yastrzemski 1b 4 1 1 1
Evans rf 4 1 1 3
Lynn lf 4 0 2 1
  Rice ph 1 0 0 0
  Goggin 2b 0 0 0 0
McAuliffe 3b,2b,3b 5 0 1 0
Burleson 2b,ss 3 0 1 0
Montgomery c 3 0 0 0
  McCarver ph,c 2 1 1 0
Guerrero ss 2 0 0 0
  Carbo ph 1 0 1 0
  Hughes 3b 0 0 0 0
  Harper ph,lf 2 1 2 0
Lee p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 13 6
Baltimore 200 011 001 05140
Boston 000 001 004 16130
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer   6.0 6 1 1 3 3
  Reynolds   2.0 2 2 2 2 1
  Jackson   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Johnson  L (2-2) 1.0 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.1
13
6
6
6
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lee  W (17-13) 10.0 14 5 5 0 1
Totals
10.0
14
5
5
0
1

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1, Boston 3.  2B–Baltimore Grich (26,off Lee); Williams (16,off Lee); Blair (23,off Lee), Boston McAuliffe (13,off Palmer); Carbo (18,off Palmer); Harper (14,off Johnson).  HR–Baltimore Etchebarren (2,9th inning off Lee 0 on, 1 out), Boston Evans (10,9th inning off Jackson 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Belanger (20,off Lee).  HBP–Grich (20,by Lee); Burleson (2,by Palmer).  IBB–Beniquez (2,by Johnson).  SB–Blair (19,2nd base off Lee/Montgomery).  HBP–Palmer (3,Burleson); Lee (4,Grich).  IBB–Johnson (3,Beniquez).  U-HP–Armando Rodriguez, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Merlyn Anthony, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–3:06.  A–21,555.
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