Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
May 23, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1997 at Yankee Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 9, New York Yankees 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Frye 2b 4 1 1 1
Bragg cf 5 2 2 0
Cordero lf 4 3 2 4
Vaughn 1b 4 1 1 0
Jefferson dh 3 0 1 1
  Stanley ph,dh 1 1 1 3
Naehring 3b 4 0 2 0
O'Leary rf 5 1 1 0
Hatteberg c 3 0 1 0
Benjamin ss 4 0 0 0
Sele p 0 0 0 0
  Lacy p 0 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 12 9
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 5 2 3 0
Jeter ss 3 1 1 0
Williams cf 3 0 1 0
Fielder 1b 4 0 1 1
O'Neill rf 2 0 0 0
Hayes 3b,2b 3 0 0 0
Whiten dh 2 0 0 0
  Martinez ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Duncan 2b 3 0 0 0
  Sojo 2b 0 0 0 0
  Boggs ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Posada c 4 0 0 0
Mendoza p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Lloyd p 0 0 0 0
  Boehringer p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 1
Boston 000 110 0439122
New York 101 010 000361
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sele  W (5-3) 7.0 5 3 2 3 4
  Lacy   0.1 0 0 0 3 0
  Corsi   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Slocumb   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
6
6
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Mendoza   6.2 5 2 1 1 7
  Nelson  L (1-4) 0.2 2 2 2 0 0
  Lloyd   0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Boehringer   1.0 4 4 4 3 1
  Mecir   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
9
8
5
8

  E–Benjamin (1), Sele (1), Mendoza (1).  DP–Boston 1, New York 2.  PB–Hatteberg (3).  2B–Boston Bragg (12,off Nelson); Frye (3,off Boehringer), New York Raines (10,off Sele).  HR–Boston Stanley (4,8th inning off Boehringer 2 on, 1 out); Cordero (7,9th inning off Boehringer 2 on, 0 out).  SF–Frye (2,off Mendoza).  IBB–Vaughn (4,by Lloyd).  SH–Jeter 2 (5,off Sele 2).  WP–Nelson (1).  IBB–Lloyd (4,Vaughn).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–3:28.  A–29,003.
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