Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
April 26, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1969 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."

"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

Boston Red Sox 7, Detroit Tigers 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lahoud cf,rf 3 1 0 1
Andrews 2b 3 1 1 1
Yastrzemski lf 4 2 2 5
  Thomas lf 0 0 0 0
Conigliaro T. rf 5 0 1 0
  Conigliaro B. cf 0 0 0 0
Scott 3b 5 0 0 0
Jones 1b 4 1 3 0
Petrocelli ss 4 0 1 0
Azcue c 3 1 0 0
Culp p 3 1 0 0
Totals 34 7 8 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Matchick 2b 5 0 1 0
Stanley ss 4 1 1 0
Kaline rf 3 0 1 0
Cash 1b 4 2 1 1
Horton lf 4 0 1 2
Northrup cf 4 0 0 0
Freehan c 3 1 1 1
Wert 3b 4 0 0 0
Sparma p 0 0 0 0
  Dobson p 0 0 0 0
  Woods ph 1 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell ph 1 0 0 0
  Radatz p 0 0 0 0
  McAuliffe ph 1 0 0 0
  Kilkenny p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 6 4
Boston 060 100 000781
Detroit 010 002 001460
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Culp  W (4-0) 9.0 6 4 4 3 7
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
3
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sparma  L (2-1) 1.2 3 6 6 4 0
  Dobson   1.1 3 0 0 0 2
  Scherman   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Radatz   2.0 0 0 0 2 2
  Kilkenny   2.0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
8
7
7
6
9

  E–Scott (2).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Horton (3,off Culp); Kaline (4,off Culp).  3B–Boston Jones (1,off Scherman).  HR–Boston Yastrzemski 2 (4,2nd inning off Sparma 3 on, 2 out,4th inning off Scherman 0 on, 2 out), Detroit Cash (3,2nd inning off Culp 0 on, 0 out); Freehan (4,9th inning off Culp 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Lahoud (1,by Kilkenny).  SB–T Conigliaro (1,2nd base off Dobson/Freehan).  WP–Sparma (1).  HBP–Kilkenny (2,Lahoud).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:28.  A–14,395.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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