Cincinnati Reds vs Boston Red Sox
October 12, 1975 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 12, 1975 at Fenway Park. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 3, Boston Red Sox 2

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 0 2 0
Morgan 2b 3 1 0 0
Bench c 4 1 2 0
Perez 1b 3 0 0 1
Foster lf 4 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 4 1 1 1
Griffey rf 4 0 1 1
Geronimo cf 3 0 0 0
Billingham p 2 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  McEnaney p 0 0 0 0
  Rettenmund ph 1 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cooper 1b 5 0 1 0
Doyle 2b 4 0 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 3 2 1 0
Fisk c 3 0 1 1
Lynn cf 4 0 0 0
Petrocelli 3b 4 0 2 1
Evans rf 2 0 0 0
Burleson ss 4 0 1 0
Lee p 3 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
  Carbo ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Cincinnati 000 100 002371
Boston 100 001 000270
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham   5.2 6 2 1 2 5
  Borbon   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  McEnaney   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Eastwick  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
3
8
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lee   8.0 5 2 2 2 5
  Drago  L (0-1) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
5

  E–Concepcion (1).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Bench (1,off Lee); Griffey (2,off Drago), Boston Cooper (1,off Billingham).  IBB–Geronimo (3,by Drago).  HBP–Evans (1,by Billingham).  SB–Concepcion (1,2nd base off Drago/Fisk).  CS–Morgan (1,2nd base by Lee/Fisk); Evans (1,3rd base by Billingham/Bench).  HBP–Billingham (1,Evans).  IBB–Drago (1,Geronimo).  U–Nick Colosi (NL), Larry Barnett (AL), Dick Stello (NL), George Maloney (AL), Art Frantz (AL), Satch Davidson (NL).  T–2:38.  A–35,205.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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