Chicago White Sox vs Boston Red Sox
August 23, 1975 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1975 at Fenway Park. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 6, Boston Red Sox 4

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 4 2 2 0
Orta 2b 5 0 2 1
May dh 5 0 1 1
Johnson 1b 5 0 0 0
Henderson cf 1 1 1 0
Melton 3b 3 1 1 3
Hairston lf 3 0 0 0
  Nyman lf 1 1 1 1
Dent ss 4 0 1 0
Varney c 4 1 1 0
Jefferson p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 10 6
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cooper dh 4 0 0 0
Doyle 2b 3 1 0 0
Yastrzemski 1b 4 0 0 0
Lynn cf 4 1 0 0
Rice lf 4 1 2 0
Fisk c 0 0 0 0
  Blackwell c 1 1 1 0
Evans rf 3 0 1 2
Burleson ss 4 0 0 0
Heise 3b 2 0 1 2
  Carbo ph 1 0 0 0
  McAuliffe 3b 0 0 0 0
  Miller ph 1 0 0 0
Wise p 0 0 0 0
  Burton p 0 0 0 0
  Willoughby p 0 0 0 0
  Segui p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 5 4
Chicago 100 002 2106102
Boston 020 000 020450
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Jefferson  W (4-7) 7.2 4 4 2 4 3
  Gossage  SV (20) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
4
2
4
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wise  L (16-8) 6.0 7 5 5 4 3
  Burton   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Willoughby   1.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Segui   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
5
5

  E–Kelly (2), Jefferson (3).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Rice (25,off Jefferson); Evans (19,off Gossage).  3B–Boston Blackwell (2,off Jefferson).  HR–Chicago Melton (11,6th inning off Wise 1 on, 1 out); Nyman (1,8th inning off Willoughby 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Henderson (13,by Willoughby).  SH–Blackwell (4,off Jefferson).  HBP–Doyle (1,by Jefferson).  HBP–Jefferson (2,Doyle).  IBB–Willoughby (1,Henderson).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Hank Morgenweck, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:51.  A–27,730.
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