Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
May 2, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1965 at Tiger Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Boston Red Sox 10, Detroit Tigers 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Green cf 5 3 2 0
Jones 3b 4 2 3 4
Yastrzemski lf 3 0 1 1
Conigliaro rf 5 0 1 0
Thomas 1b 4 2 2 1
Mantilla 2b 4 1 1 0
Bressoud ss 4 0 2 1
Ryan c 4 2 2 3
Monbouquette p 4 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 14 10
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe ss 4 0 1 0
Lumpe 2b 4 0 2 0
Cash 1b 4 0 0 0
Kaline rf 2 2 2 1
  Northrup rf 2 0 0 0
Horton lf 4 0 3 0
Demeter cf 3 0 0 0
Sullivan c 4 0 0 0
Wert 3b 3 1 1 1
Sparma p 0 0 0 0
  Navarro p 0 0 0 0
  Roman ph 1 0 0 0
  Seale p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Wickersham p 0 0 0 0
  Wood ph 1 0 0 0
  Sherry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 9 2
Boston 222 040 00010140
Detroit 011 100 000390
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Monbouquette  W (2-2) 9.0 9 3 3 0 3
Totals 9.0 9 3 3 0 3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sparma  L (0-1) 2.0 3 4 4 4 3
  Navarro   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Seale   2.0 5 4 4 1 2
  Wickersham   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Sherry   2.0 3 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 14 10 10 6 7

  E–None.  DP–Boston 2, Detroit 1.  2B–Boston Thomas (4,off Seale); Green (3,off Seale); Bressoud (1,off Wickersham).  3B–Boston Jones (1,off Sparma), Detroit Horton (1,off Monbouquette).  HR–Boston Jones (1,2nd inning off Sparma 1 on, 2 out); Thomas (5,3rd inning off Navarro 0 on, 0 out); Ryan 2 (2,3rd inning off Navarro 0 on, 2 out,5th inning off Seale 1 on, 1 out), Detroit Wert (1,3rd inning off Monbouquette 0 on, 0 out); Kaline (3,4th inning off Monbouquette 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Monbouquette (1,off Sherry); Demeter (2,off Monbouquette).  SF–Yastrzemski (1,off Sparma); Bressoud (1,off Seale).  U-HP–Eddie Hurley, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–2:23.  A–22,011.

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