Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
September 18, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1968 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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

Baltimore Orioles 0, Boston Red Sox 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford 2b 3 0 1 0
Blair cf 4 0 1 0
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 2 0
Powell 1b 3 0 0 0
  Floyd pr 0 0 0 0
Motton lf 4 0 0 0
Rettenmund rf 4 0 1 0
Haney c 3 0 1 0
  Hendricks c 0 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
Nelson p 1 0 0 0
  Richert p 0 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson F. ph 1 0 1 0
  Beene p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 7 0
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Alvarado ss 3 0 0 0
Andrews 2b 2 2 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 3 1 1 0
  Thomas pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Harrelson rf 4 1 1 0
Smith cf 3 0 1 3
Jones 1b 3 0 1 0
Foy 3b 3 0 0 1
Moses c 3 0 0 0
Ellsworth p 3 0 0 0
  Stange p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 4 5 4
Baltimore 000 000 000070
Boston 000 000 31x451
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Nelson  L (3-2) 6.0 3 3 3 2 13
  Richert   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Drabowsky   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Beene   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
5
4
4
5
17
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ellsworth  W (14-7) 7.1 6 0 0 2 2
  Stange  SV (12) 1.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
3
2

  E–Foy (28).  DP–Boston 4.  2B–Baltimore Buford (12,off Ellsworth); B Robinson 2 (33,off Ellsworth,off Stange); F Robinson (25,off Ellsworth).  SH–Andrews (12,off Nelson).  SF–Smith (5,off Beene).  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Jim Odom, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:41.  A–8,918.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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