Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
July 13, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 13, 1947 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Boston Red Sox 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 2, Cleveland Indians 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Moses rf 4 0 0 0
Pesky ss 5 1 2 0
Williams lf 4 0 2 1
Doerr 2b 4 1 0 0
DiMaggio cf 4 0 0 0
Jones 1b 3 0 0 0
Dente 3b 3 0 1 0
Partee c 1 0 0 0
  Ferriss ph 1 0 0 1
  Gutteridge pr 0 0 0 0
  Tebbetts c 0 0 0 0
Dobson p 2 0 0 0
  Russell ph 1 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Mele ph 1 0 0 0
  Klinger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 5 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Metkovich cf 4 0 1 1
Mitchell lf 4 1 1 0
Robinson 1b 3 2 2 2
Boudreau ss 3 0 0 0
Edwards rf 4 0 0 0
Gordon 2b 4 1 2 1
Keltner 3b 4 1 2 2
Lopez c 3 0 0 0
Gromek p 2 1 1 0
  Klieman p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 6
Boston 100 001 000250
Cleveland 200 022 00x691
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson  L(9-5) 5.0 5 4 4 0 1
  Murphy   2.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Klinger   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
1
1
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Gromek  W(2-1) 5.1 2 2 2 6 3
  Klieman  SV(8) 3.2 3 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
8
4

  E–Gordon (9).  2B–Boston Williams (17), Cleveland Robinson (5); Gordon (10); Gromek (1).  HR–Cleveland Robinson (9,1st inning off Dobson 1 on); Keltner (6,5th inning off Dobson 1 on).  Team LOB–12.  SH–Boudreau (7).  Team–4.  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Jim Boyer, 2B–Eddie Rommel, 3B–Art Passarella.  T–2:05.  A–51,998.
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