Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
August 12, 1945 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1945 at Cleveland Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Boston Red Sox 7, Cleveland Indians 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lake ss 5 1 3 2
LaForest 3b 4 0 3 2
Metkovich cf 5 0 0 0
Lazor rf 5 0 1 0
McBride lf 5 0 0 0
Camilli 1b 5 2 1 0
Newsome 2b 3 2 2 0
Holm c 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 1 1
  Steiner c 0 1 0 0
Ferriss p 3 1 1 2
Totals 38 7 12 7
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Meyer 2b 4 0 0 0
Rocco 1b 3 1 2 0
Seerey rf 4 0 0 0
Heath lf 4 0 2 0
Boudreau ss 4 0 2 1
Hayes c 4 0 0 0
Mackiewicz cf 3 0 0 0
Cihocki 3b 3 0 1 0
Harder p 1 0 0 0
  Reynolds p 0 0 0 0
  O'Dea ph 1 0 0 0
  Klieman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 7 1
Boston 000 000 4307120
Cleveland 000 100 000171
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ferriss  W(19-5) 9.0 7 1 1 1 7
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
7
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Harder  L(2-5) 6.1 8 4 4 1 1
  Reynolds   1.2 3 3 3 2 1
  Klieman   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
3
3

  E–Reynolds (5).  DP–Boston 2. Newsome-Lake-Camilli, Lake-Newsome-Camilli, Cleveland 1. Harder-Boudreau-Rocco.  2B–Boston LaForest (2); Newsome (17).  3B–Cleveland Rocco (3).  SH–LaForest (3); Harder (2).  Team LOB–8.  Team–5.  U–Joe Rue, Charlie Berry, Cal Hubbard.
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