New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
May 24, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1998 at Fenway Park. The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 14, Boston Red Sox 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 3 2 1 4
  Bush 2b 2 0 1 0
Jeter ss 6 2 3 2
O'Neill rf 5 1 1 1
Williams cf 5 0 2 1
Raines dh 2 2 1 1
Curtis lf 5 1 0 0
Brosius 3b 4 3 3 2
Sveum 1b 3 1 2 1
Girardi c 5 2 3 2
Cone p 0 0 0 0
  Lloyd p 0 0 0 0
  Banks p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 14 17 14
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lewis cf 5 1 3 1
Bragg rf,lf 5 0 0 0
Vaughn 1b 3 0 2 1
  Leyritz 1b 2 0 1 0
Jefferson dh 5 0 0 0
O'Leary lf 2 0 1 0
  Cummings rf 1 1 1 0
Valentin 3b 4 1 1 0
Benjamin ss 3 1 2 1
Varitek c 2 0 1 0
  Hatteberg c 1 0 0 0
Merloni 2b 2 0 0 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
  Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 12 3
New York 007 060 00114171
Boston 110 000 0204121
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Cone  W (6-1) 6.0 8 2 1 0 2
  Lloyd   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Banks   2.0 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
4
3
0
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen  L (5-3) 2.2 8 7 7 0 2
  Mahay   2.0 5 6 3 3 0
  Corsi   2.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Wakefield   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
14
11
4
3

  E–Sveum (1), Valentin (6).  DP–New York 3, Boston 2.  2B–New York Williams (13,off Saberhagen), Boston Lewis 2 (9,off Cone 2); Vaughn (11,off Cone); Valentin (12,off Banks).  HR–New York Knoblauch (4,3rd inning off Saberhagen 2 on, 0 out); Brosius (3,9th inning off Eckersley 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Knoblauch (7,by Mahay); Raines (1,by Wakefield).  SH–Merloni (1,off Cone).  SB–Raines (4,3rd base off Mahay/Varitek).  WP–Mahay (2).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–3:21.  A–33,042.
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