Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
July 8, 1944 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1944 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 7, Boston Red Sox 11

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Rocco 1b 5 0 1 0
Seerey lf 5 1 1 1
Hockett cf 4 2 1 0
Boudreau ss 4 2 3 4
Cullenbine rf 3 1 1 0
Keltner 3b 3 1 1 2
Mack 2b 4 0 0 0
Schlueter c 2 0 0 0
  Rosar c 2 0 0 0
Reynolds p 0 0 0 0
  Calvert p 1 0 0 0
  Gromek p 1 0 1 0
  O'Dea p 2 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 9 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Culberson cf 5 2 2 0
Bucher 3b 5 2 2 0
Fox rf 5 2 4 3
Johnson lf 2 2 0 0
Doerr 2b 4 1 2 4
Finney 1b 2 1 0 0
Wagner c 4 1 2 2
Newsome ss 4 0 1 0
Terry p 4 0 2 2
  Hughson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 11 15 11
Cleveland 401 000 200792
Boston 560 000 00x11152
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds   0.0 2 4 3 1 0
  Calvert  L(1-3) 1.0 5 4 4 1 0
  Gromek   4.0 5 3 3 2 0
  O'Dea   3.0 3 0 0 3 0
Totals
8.0
15
11
10
7
0
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Terry  W(2-6) 7.0 9 7 3 2 3
  Hughson  SV(2) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
7
3
2
5

  E–Mack (3), O'Dea (4), Culberson (1), Wagner (6).  DP–Cleveland 4. Mack-Boudreau-Rocco, Gromek-Boudreau-Rocco, Keltner-Rocco-Boudreau-Rocco, Boston 1. Bucher-Doerr-Finney.  2B–Boston Culberson (6); Fox (23); Wagner (6); Newsome (14).  HR–Cleveland Seerey (7,3rd inning off Terry 0 on); Boudreau 2 (3,1st inning off Terry 1 on,7th inning off Terry 1 on); Keltner (7,1st inning off Terry 1 on), Boston Doerr (10,1st inning off Calvert 2 on).  Team LOB–4.  Team–7.  U–Jim Boyer, Joe Rue, Bill Summers.  T–2:09.  A–4,230.
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