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May 16, 1968

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Bottom 2	R	H	E
Yankees	1	2	0
Red Sox	3	2	0

Bottom 2	R	H	E
Yankees	1	2	1
Red Sox	3	3	0

Elston Howard Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.255
OBP	.000	.364
At Bats	0	47
Hits	0	12
• Singles	0	11
• Doubles	0	0
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	1
Walks	0	8
RBI’s	0	5

Mel Stottlemyre Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
4	3	0

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Fenway Park - May 16, 1968

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Single

Mel Stottlemyre

Frank Fernandez

Mickey Mantle

Dick Howser

Bobby Cox

Ruben Amaro

Tom Tresh

Roy White

Andy Kosco

Elston Howard

Jerry Adair

Count: - , 0 Outs

Count: - , 1 Out

Howard hits a line drive into right field. Kosco picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Kosco. Here's the throw into the infield and Adair is out. Howard moves to second.

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Bottom 2 Adair hits a ball on the ground towards short. Amaro fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 2 Amaro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adair scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adair scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Foy fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Scott strikes out.

Bottom 1 Harrelson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

Bottom 1 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Andrews moves to third. Yastrzemski moves to second.

Bottom 1 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Foy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. Andrews moves to second.

Bottom 1 Andrews takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Tresh hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adair fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 1 Kosco hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howser scores. Mantle moves to second.

Top 1 Mantle takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Harrelson throws the ball in to Adair who tags White trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Howser moves to third.

Top 1 Howser takes first base on ball four.

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