Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
May 5, 1942 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1942 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cleveland Indians 3, Boston Red Sox 13
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Boudreau ss 5 0 2 0
Hockett rf 2 1 0 0
  Weatherly cf 3 1 0 0
Keltner 3b 5 0 2 1
Heath lf 5 1 2 0
Mills cf,rf 5 0 2 2
Fleming 1b 4 0 1 0
Mack 2b 3 0 0 0
Desautels c 4 0 3 0
Kennedy p 1 0 0 0
  Eisenstat p 0 0 0 0
  Grimes ph 0 0 0 0
  Brown p 1 0 0 0
  Denning ph 1 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 12 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 5 2 3 0
Pesky ss 5 1 2 0
Williams lf 5 3 3 3
Foxx 1b 2 1 0 0
  Lupien 1b 2 1 1 0
Tabor 3b 5 3 3 3
Fox rf 5 1 1 1
Doerr 2b 5 0 2 2
Peacock c 5 1 2 1
Chase p 4 0 1 1
Totals 43 13 18 11
Cleveland 100 001 100–3124
Boston 016 302 10x–13181
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy  L(2-1) 2.2 7 7 3 1 3
  Eisenstat   1.1 5 3 3 0 0
  Brown   3.0 6 3 3 0 1
  Embree   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
18
13
9
1
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Chase  W(1-0) 9.0 12 3 2 2 2
Totals
9.0
12
3
2
2
2
  E–Keltner (5), Fleming (2), Mack (6), Desautels (1), Chase (1).  DP–Boston 1. Pesky-Foxx.  2B–Boston DiMaggio (7); Williams (2); Tabor 2 (3); Doerr (7); Peacock (3); Chase (1).  3B–Cleveland Heath (4).  HR–Boston Williams (6,4th inning off Eisenstat 1 on).  Team LOB–11.  Team–7.  U–Joe Rue, Harry Geisel, Bill Grieve.  T–2:13.  A–10,104.
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