Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
May 21, 1975 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1975 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 3, Boston Red Sox 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 4 0 1 0
Bando 3b 4 0 1 0
Jackson rf 3 2 1 1
Rudi 1b 3 0 1 1
Williams dh 4 0 0 0
Tenace c 4 1 1 1
Washington lf 4 0 2 0
Campaneris ss 3 0 0 0
Garner 2b 2 0 0 0
  Holt ph 1 0 0 0
  Martinez 2b 0 0 0 0
  Mangual ph 1 0 0 0
Holtzman p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Beniquez cf 4 1 1 0
Burleson ss 4 1 1 0
Yastrzemski 1b 3 1 1 4
Rice lf 3 0 1 0
Evans rf 4 1 1 0
  Miller rf 0 0 0 0
Conigliaro dh 3 1 0 0
Petrocelli 3b 3 1 2 2
Montgomery c 4 1 1 0
Griffin 2b 4 0 0 0
Cleveland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 8 6
Oakland 011 000 010371
Boston 010 200 40x780
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman  L (3-5) 6.1 7 7 7 4 2
  Todd   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Fingers   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
8
7
7
4
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Cleveland  W (3-2) 9.0 7 3 3 2 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
0

  E–Campaneris (9).  DP–Oakland 1.  PB–Tenace (3).  2B–Oakland Rudi (11,off Cleveland), Boston Evans (6,off Holtzman); Rice (4,off Holtzman); Petrocelli (6,off Fingers).  HR–Oakland Tenace (6,2nd inning off Cleveland 0 on, 1 out); Jackson (7,8th inning off Cleveland 0 on, 1 out), Boston Petrocelli (3,4th inning off Holtzman 1 on, 2 out); Yastrzemski (3,7th inning off Holtzman 3 on, 1 out).  SH–Campaneris (7,off Cleveland).  SB–Jackson (6,2nd base off Cleveland/Montgomery).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Merlyn Anthony, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–1:56.  A–14,665.
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