Boston Red Sox vs Washington Senators
August 31, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1965 at D.C. Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 8, Washington Senators 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Gosger cf 6 1 0 0
Jones 3b 5 0 2 0
Yastrzemski lf 5 1 1 0
Mantilla 2b 4 2 2 1
Thomas 1b 3 1 0 0
  Horton ph,1b 2 2 2 3
Conigliaro rf 4 1 2 0
Petrocelli ss 2 0 1 0
  Green ph 0 0 0 0
  Radatz p 0 0 0 0
Nixon c 2 0 1 3
Bennett p 4 0 0 0
  Duliba p 0 0 0 0
  Earley p 0 0 0 0
  Heffner p 0 0 0 0
  Bressoud ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 11 7
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Cunningham 1b 4 2 1 0
  Bridges p 0 0 0 0
  Ridzik p 0 0 0 0
  Brumley ph 1 0 0 0
Hamlin 2b 4 1 2 0
McMullen 3b 5 1 1 0
Howard lf,rf 2 0 0 2
  Kirkland pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Held rf,lf,cf 5 0 2 1
Lock cf 2 0 0 0
  King ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Zimmer c 3 0 1 1
  Blasingame ph 1 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 5 1 2 0
Koplitz p 2 0 0 0
  Camilli ph 1 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Nen ph,1b 2 0 2 1
Totals 39 5 11 5
Boston 101 010 101 38111
Washington 003 000 110 05114
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Bennett   6.1 7 4 4 3 5
  Duliba   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Earley   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Heffner   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Radatz  W (6-11) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
10.0
11
5
5
5
8
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Koplitz   6.0 5 3 1 6 4
  Kline   2.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Bridges   0.1 1 1 0 0 0
  Ridzik  L (6-4) 1.2 2 3 0 2 2
Totals
10.0
11
8
2
9
7

  E–Jones (13), Hamlin 2 (12), Kirkland (2), Zimmer (11).  PB–Zimmer (4).  2B–Washington Held (14,off Bennett); Brinkman 2 (11,off Bennett,off Earley).  HR–Boston Horton (5,10th inning off Ridzik 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Conigliaro (6,off Bridges).  SF–Nixon 3 (3,off Koplitz,off Kline,off Ridzik); Howard (2,off Bennett); Zimmer (3,off Bennett).  IBB–Petrocelli (4,by Kline); Mantilla (5,by Ridzik); Lock (2,by Bennett); Hamlin (1,by Earley).  CS–Kirkland (2,2nd base by Radatz/Nixon).  WP–Koplitz (4).  IBB–Bennett (4,Lock); Earley (7,Hamlin); Kline (12,Petrocelli); Ridzik (3,Mantilla).  U-HP–Bill Valentine, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–John Rice.  T–3:25.  A–6,245.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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