New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
May 23, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1998 at Fenway Park. The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 12, Boston Red Sox 3

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 5 1 2 4
  Sojo ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Jeter ss 6 2 2 0
O'Neill rf 6 1 0 0
Williams cf 5 2 2 0
Strawberry dh 5 1 3 2
  Bush pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Posada c 3 1 0 1
Curtis lf 4 2 3 1
Brosius 3b 4 1 3 3
Sveum 1b 5 1 0 0
Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Lloyd p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 12 15 11
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lewis cf 4 0 0 0
Bragg rf 4 0 1 0
Vaughn 1b 4 1 1 1
Leyritz dh 2 0 0 0
  Johns ph,dh 0 0 0 0
O'Leary lf 4 1 1 0
Valentin 3b 4 1 2 2
Benjamin ss 4 0 1 0
Varitek c 4 0 0 0
Merloni 2b 3 0 0 0
Lowe p 0 0 0 0
  Wasdin p 0 0 0 0
  Garces p 0 0 0 0
  Avery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
New York 052 102 10112150
Boston 000 300 000363
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Wells  W (6-1) 7.0 5 3 3 1 5
  Lloyd   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Nelson   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lowe  L (0-3) 1.1 5 5 5 1 1
  Wasdin   3.2 5 3 2 2 2
  Garces   3.0 4 3 2 3 4
  Avery   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
15
12
10
7
7

  E–Benjamin (2), Merloni 2 (4).  PB–Varitek (4).  2B–New York Brosius (12,off Wasdin); Williams (12,off Wasdin); Jeter (8,off Garces); Strawberry 2 (6,off Garces,off Avery), Boston Valentin (11,off Nelson).  HR–New York Knoblauch (3,2nd inning off Lowe 3 on, 1 out), Boston Vaughn (13,4th inning off Wells 0 on, 0 out); Valentin (6,4th inning off Wells 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Strawberry (1,by Wasdin); Posada (2,by Garces).  SB–Strawberry (5,2nd base off Lowe/Varitek); Brosius (3,2nd base off Wasdin/Varitek); Bragg (2,2nd base off Wells/Posada).  WP–Lowe (3), Avery (2).  IBB–Wasdin (3,Strawberry); Garces (1,Posada).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:16.  A–33,120.
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