Seattle Pilots vs Boston Red Sox
May 16, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1969 at Fenway Park. The Seattle Pilots defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Seattle Pilots 10, Boston Red Sox 9

Seattle Pilots ab   r   h rbi
Harper 2b 5 1 1 1
Hegan rf 4 0 0 0
Davis lf 5 1 0 0
  Oyler ss 0 0 0 0
Mincher 1b 5 2 2 1
Comer cf,lf 4 2 2 4
Rollins 3b 6 0 2 0
  Marshall pr 0 0 0 0
  Aker p 0 0 0 0
  O'Donoghue p 0 0 0 0
McNertney c 3 0 1 0
  Vidal pr 0 1 0 0
  Brabender p 0 0 0 0
  Gil ph 1 0 0 0
  Bouton p 0 0 0 0
  Gosger ph,cf 2 1 1 0
Kennedy ss,3b 4 2 2 2
Pattin p 2 0 1 1
  Segui p 0 0 0 0
  Whitaker ph 0 0 0 0
  Haney ph,c 2 0 1 1
Totals 43 10 13 10
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Smith cf 6 2 2 1
Andrews 2b 5 1 1 1
Yastrzemski lf 5 1 2 0
Conigliaro rf 5 0 0 0
Jones 1b 5 2 2 1
Scott 3b 4 0 0 0
Petrocelli ss 5 1 2 2
Gibson c 3 0 1 1
  O'Brien pr 0 0 0 0
  Azcue c 1 1 1 0
Siebert p 3 0 1 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
  Romo p 1 0 0 0
  Lahoud ph 0 1 0 0
Totals 43 9 12 6
Seattle 030 000 100 0610133
Boston 100 003 000 059123
  Seattle Pilots IP H R ER BB SO
Pattin   5.2 7 4 4 2 6
  Segui   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Brabender   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Bouton  W (1-0) 3.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Aker   0.1 3 4 3 1 0
  O'Donoghue  SV (2) 0.2 1 1 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
12
9
7
4
9
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Siebert   6.1 5 4 3 2 2
  Lyle   0.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Romo  L (1-3) 4.2 7 6 6 2 3
Totals
11.0
13
10
9
6
5

  E–Comer (1), Rollins (4), Kennedy (6), Andrews (9), Yastrzemski (1), Gibson (2).  DP–Seattle 1, Boston 1.  2B–Seattle Rollins (5,off Siebert); Kennedy (1,off Siebert); McNertney (3,off Siebert); Mincher (3,off Romo), Boston Yastrzemski (8,off Brabender).  3B–Seattle Gosger (1,off Romo).  HR–Seattle Comer 2 (5,2nd inning off Siebert 1 on, 0 out,11th inning off Romo 1 on, 2 out); Kennedy (1,11th inning off Romo 1 on, 0 out); Harper (3,11th inning off Romo 0 on, 1 out), Boston Smith (3,1st inning off Pattin 0 on, 0 out); Petrocelli (11,11th inning off Aker 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Comer (2,off Romo); Haney (2,off Romo).  CS–Smith (4,2nd base by Bouton/Haney).  WP–Pattin 2 (2), Romo (3).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Jake O'Donnell, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–3:49.  A–33,709.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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