Washington Senators vs Boston Red Sox
May 15, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1968 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Washington Senators 4, Boston Red Sox 6

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 5 0 0 0
Bowens rf 3 1 1 0
Howard lf 4 1 2 2
McMullen 3b 3 1 1 1
Hansen ss 4 0 0 0
Casanova c 4 0 0 0
Epstein 1b 4 0 0 0
Coggins 2b 4 1 2 0
Bosman p 1 0 0 0
  Stroud ph 1 0 0 0
  Higgins p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Allen ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 34 4 7 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Andrews 2b 3 0 1 2
Foy 3b 4 1 2 1
Yastrzemski lf 3 1 1 0
Smith cf 4 1 1 1
Harrelson rf 4 0 1 1
Scott 1b 4 0 2 1
Adair ss 3 0 1 0
  Petrocelli ss 1 0 0 0
Gibson c 4 1 1 0
Santiago p 2 2 1 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 11 6
Washington 300 000 001472
Boston 210 001 20x6111
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Bosman  L (0-4) 6.0 9 4 4 0 0
  Higgins   0.1 1 2 1 0 0
  Jones   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
6
5
1
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Santiago  W (5-1) 8.2 7 4 4 3 8
  Lyle  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
3
9

  E–Hansen 2 (8), Santiago (1).  DP–Washington 1, Boston 1.  2B–Washington Coggins 2 (5,off Santiago 2); F Howard (7,off Santiago), Boston Santiago (2,off Bosman); Smith (12,off Bosman); Foy (9,off Higgins); Scott (1,off Jones).  HR–Washington F Howard (12,1st inning off Santiago 1 on, 1 out); McMullen (6,1st inning off Santiago 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Santiago (3,off Higgins).  SF–Andrews (1,off Higgins).  CS–Scott (3,2nd base by Bosman/Casanova); Foy (4,3rd base by Jones/Casanova).  WP–Santiago 2 (3).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Bill Kinnamon, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:20.  A–10,953.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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