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Boston Red Sox @ Cleveland Guardians

1968-06-14 · Night game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 21771 · Wind 11 mph · 2:39

Boston Red Sox defeated Cleveland Indians 7–2. Boston Red Sox put up 3 in the 6th. Dick Ellsworth earned the win. Ken Harrelson went 3-for-5 with 3 HR and 7 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	0	7	11
CLE	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	5

W: Dick Ellsworth L: Luis Tiant SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Valentine · 1B: Johnny Stevens · 2B: Al Salerno · 3B: Emmett Ashford · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Foy	6	1	0	0	0	3
Joe Lahoud	3	0	0	0	2	1
Carl Yastrzemski	3	3	1	0	2	1
Ken Harrelson	5	3	3	7	0	1
Reggie Smith	4	0	2	0	1	0
Rico Petrocelli	4	0	2	0	1	1
Elston Howard	4	0	0	0	0	3
Mike Andrews	4	0	2	0	1	1
Dick Ellsworth	5	0	1	0	0	2

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Jose Cardenal	4	2	2	1	0
Larry Brown	4	0	0	0	0
Tony Horton	4	0	0	0	0
Joe Azcue	4	0	2	1	0
Max Alvis	4	0	0	0	1
Tommy Harper	3	0	0	0	0
Jose Vidal	3	0	1	0	1
Vern Fuller	3	0	0	0	1
Luis Tiant	2	0	0	0	1
Duke Sims	1	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Ellsworth	9.0	5	0	4

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Luis Tiant	6.0	6	7	10
Eddie Fisher	2.0	4	0	2
Hal Kurtz	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joe Foy: K
Joe Lahoud: W
Carl Yastrzemski: 5/FL
Ken Harrelson: 14(1)/FO

Bot 1

Jose Cardenal: S7
Larry Brown: 13.1-2
Tony Horton: 31.2-3
Joe Azcue: D9.3-H
Max Alvis: K

Top 2

Reggie Smith: W
Rico Petrocelli: D7.1-3
Elston Howard: K
Mike Andrews: IW
Dick Ellsworth: K
Joe Foy: 7/L

Bot 2

Tommy Harper: 3/FL
Jose Vidal: K
Vern Fuller: K/C

Top 3

Joe Lahoud: W
Carl Yastrzemski: K/C
Ken Harrelson: K/C
Reggie Smith: 9

Bot 3

Luis Tiant: 13
Jose Cardenal: 63
Larry Brown: 63

Top 4

Rico Petrocelli: W
Elston Howard: K
Mike Andrews: S9.1-2
Dick Ellsworth: S1.1-2;2-3
Joe Foy: K
Joe Lahoud: K

Bot 4

Tony Horton: 43
Joe Azcue: 4
Max Alvis: 8

Top 5

Carl Yastrzemski: W
Ken Harrelson: HR.1-H
Reggie Smith: S9
Rico Petrocelli: 54(1)/FO
Elston Howard: K
Mike Andrews: K

Bot 5

Tommy Harper: 2/FL
Jose Vidal: S7
Vern Fuller: 53.1-2
Luis Tiant: K23

Top 6

Dick Ellsworth: 7
Joe Foy: E8/F
Joe Lahoud: 3
Carl Yastrzemski: IW.1-2
Ken Harrelson: HR.2-H(UR);1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Reggie Smith: 9/L

Bot 6

Jose Cardenal: HR
Larry Brown: 63
Tony Horton: 53
Joe Azcue: S8
Max Alvis: 54(1)/FO

Top 7

Rico Petrocelli: S7
Elston Howard: 53/SH.1-2
Mike Andrews: 7
Dick Ellsworth: 53

Bot 7

Tommy Harper: 9
Jose Vidal: 63
Vern Fuller: 8

Top 8

Joe Foy: K
Joe Lahoud: 8
Carl Yastrzemski: S8
Ken Harrelson: HR.1-H
Reggie Smith: S8
Rico Petrocelli: K23

Bot 8

Duke Sims: 13
Jose Cardenal: 8
Larry Brown: 53

Top 9

Elston Howard: 3/G
Mike Andrews: S8
Dick Ellsworth: K/BF
Joe Foy: 3/G

Bot 9

Tony Horton: 53
Joe Azcue: 6/FL
Max Alvis: 6