Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
May 8, 1926 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1926 at Fenway Park. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 10, Boston Red Sox 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Jamieson lf 5 2 3 1
Spurgeon 2b 5 2 3 2
Speaker cf 5 0 1 1
Sewell J. ss 5 2 3 1
Burns 1b 5 0 1 0
Summa rf 5 2 0 1
Padgett 3b 4 1 2 0
Sewell L. c 3 0 1 1
Levsen p 4 1 0 0
Totals 41 10 14 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Flagstead cf 5 0 0 0
Rigney ss 4 2 2 1
Carlyle rf 5 0 0 0
Todt 1b 4 1 2 0
Bratschi lf 5 0 2 1
Geygan 3b 4 0 0 0
Herrera 2b 4 0 1 0
Bischoff c 3 1 1 0
Ruffing p 1 0 0 0
  Rosenthal ph 1 0 0 0
  Wingfield p 1 0 0 0
  Jenkins ph 1 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 8 2
Cleveland 002 220 04010144
Boston 100 111 000484
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Levsen  W(3-1) 9.0 8 4 2 3 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
2
3
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ruffing  L(2-4) 4.0 6 4 3 0 1
  Wingfield   4.0 7 6 5 1 0
  Russell   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
10
8
1
1

  E–Jamieson (3), Speaker 2 (2), J. Sewell (7), Geygan 2 (2), Wingfield (1), Russell (1).  DP–Boston 1. Herrera-Rigney-Todt.  2B–Cleveland Jamieson (6); Spurgeon (10); J. Sewell (9), Boston Rigney (4); Bratschi (3); Bischoff (2).  3B–Cleveland J. Sewell (1); L. Sewell (2).  Team LOB–5.  Team–10.  SB–Jamieson (3); J. Sewell (3).  U–Tommy Connolly, Dick Nallin, Harry Geisel.
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