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Minnesota Twins @ Boston Red Sox

1968-07-05 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 33278 · 83°F · 2:26

Boston Red Sox defeated Minnesota Twins 4–2. Boston Red Sox put up 3 in the 1st. Dick Ellsworth earned the win and Lee Stange picked up the save. Ken Harrelson went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	10
BOS	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		4	4

W: Dick Ellsworth L: Jim Perry SV: Lee Stange

Umpires — HP: Bob Stewart · 1B: Lou DiMuro · 2B: Marty Springstead · 3B: Red Flaherty · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Cesar Tovar	4	1	2	1	0
Ted Uhlaender	3	0	0	0	0
Harmon Killebrew	4	0	1	0	1
Tony Oliva	4	0	1	0	1
Bob Allison	4	1	1	0	0
Frank Quilici	4	0	1	0	0
Rod Carew	4	0	2	0	0
John Roseboro	4	0	2	1	0
Jim Perry	1	0	0	0	0
Rich Rollins	1	0	0	0	0
Frank Kostro	1	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mike Andrews	1	1	0	0	3	1
Dalton Jones	4	1	1	0	0	1
Carl Yastrzemski	3	1	1	1	1	0
Ken Harrelson	4	1	1	3	0	0
Reggie Smith	2	0	0	0	2	0
Rico Petrocelli	3	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Foy	3	0	0	0	1	0
Russ Gibson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Ellsworth	3	0	0	0	0	2

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Perry	2.1	3	3	0
Bob Miller	1.2	0	1	1
Al Worthington	2.0	1	0	1
Ron Perranoski	2.0	0	3	3

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Ellsworth	6.2	9	0	3
Lee Stange	2.1	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cesar Tovar: S7
Ted Uhlaender: SB2
Ted Uhlaender: 23/SH.2-3
Harmon Killebrew: 2/FL
Tony Oliva: K

Bot 1

Mike Andrews: W
Dalton Jones: 46(1)/FO
Carl Yastrzemski: D9.1-3
Ken Harrelson: HR/7.3-H;2-H
Reggie Smith: 9
Rico Petrocelli: 9

Top 2

Bob Allison: S7
Frank Quilici: S7.1-2
Rod Carew: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
John Roseboro: S8.3-H
Jim Perry: 3

Bot 2

Joe Foy: 8
Russ Gibson: 4
Dick Ellsworth: 43

Top 3

Cesar Tovar: 13
Ted Uhlaender: 43
Harmon Killebrew: K

Bot 3

Mike Andrews: W
Dalton Jones: S8.1-3
Carl Yastrzemski: E7/F.1-2;3-H
Ken Harrelson: 6
Reggie Smith: W.2-3;1-2
Rico Petrocelli: 9
Joe Foy: 2/FL

Top 4

Tony Oliva: 5/FL
Bob Allison: FLE2
Bob Allison: 7
Frank Quilici: 4

Bot 4

Russ Gibson: 53
Dick Ellsworth: K
Mike Andrews: W
Dalton Jones: 7

Top 5

Rod Carew: S8
John Roseboro: 46(1)/FO
Rich Rollins: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Carl Yastrzemski: 63
Ken Harrelson: 63
Reggie Smith: 3/G

Top 6

Cesar Tovar: HR/7
Ted Uhlaender: 7
Harmon Killebrew: 8
Tony Oliva: S4
Bob Allison: 9

Bot 6

Rico Petrocelli: S6
Joe Foy: 8
Russ Gibson: 8
Dick Ellsworth: K

Top 7

Frank Quilici: 4
Rod Carew: S7
John Roseboro: S9.1-3
Frank Kostro: K
Cesar Tovar: 5/L

Bot 7

Mike Andrews: K
Dalton Jones: K
Carl Yastrzemski: W
Ken Harrelson: 31

Top 8

Ted Uhlaender: 2/FL
Harmon Killebrew: S7
Tony Oliva: 64(1)/FO
Bob Allison: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Reggie Smith: W
Rico Petrocelli: 14/SH.1-2
Joe Foy: IW
Russ Gibson: CS3(25)
Russ Gibson: K

Top 9

Frank Quilici: 3/FL
Rod Carew: 3/G
John Roseboro: 3/G

Notes & reviews

Red Sox manager Williams ejected by 2B umpire Springstead for arguing that Carew interferred with ss Petrocelli on force play, preventing throw to 1st

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