New York Yankees vs Cleveland Indians
May 21, 1950 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1950 at Cleveland Stadium. The New York Yankees 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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New York Yankees 14, Cleveland Indians 5

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rizzuto ss 5 3 2 0
Mapes rf 5 1 0 0
Collins 1b 4 3 1 0
DiMaggio cf 4 3 3 6
Berra c 4 2 2 2
Brown 3b 4 0 0 2
Woodling lf 5 1 3 1
Coleman 2b 5 0 2 2
Lopat p 6 1 2 1
Totals 42 14 15 14
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 5 0 2 0
Kennedy rf 5 0 0 0
Easter 1b 3 1 0 0
Doby cf 4 1 2 0
Rosen 3b 3 1 2 2
Gordon 2b 3 1 1 2
  Avila 2b 1 0 1 0
Boone ss 4 0 0 0
Murray c 4 1 1 1
Wynn p 0 0 0 0
  Bearden p 1 0 0 0
  Tucker ph 1 0 0 0
  Benton p 0 0 0 0
  Pieretti p 1 0 0 0
  Clark ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
New York 140 023 02214152
Cleveland 001 301 000591
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Lopat  W(4-2) 9.0 9 5 4 3 3
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
3
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wynn  L(3-2) 2.0 4 5 5 4 1
  Bearden   3.0 3 2 2 1 1
  Benton   0.0 1 3 3 2 0
  Pieretti   4.0 7 4 4 4 0
Totals
9.0
15
14
14
11
2

  E–Mapes 2 (3), Boone (6).  DP–New York 1. Brown-Coleman-Collins.  2B–New York Rizzuto (9,off Benton); DiMaggio (8,off Pieretti), Cleveland Rosen (5,off Lopat).  HR–New York DiMaggio 2 (5,2nd inning off Wynn 3 on 2 out,5th inning off Bearden 0 on 0 out), Cleveland Murray (1,3rd inning off Lopat 0 on 0 out); Gordon (4,4th inning off Lopat 1 on 1 out).  SH–Brown (1,off Bearden).  IBB–Berra (1,by Pieretti).  Team LOB–13.  Team–6.  U–Johnny Stevens, Bill Summers, Bill Grieve.
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