Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
July 17, 1950 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1950 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 5, Boston Red Sox 7

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Boudreau ss 3 1 2 2
Gordon 2b 5 0 1 1
Easter 1b 3 0 1 0
Rosen 3b 4 0 0 0
Doby cf 3 2 1 0
Clark lf 5 0 1 1
Kennedy rf 2 2 1 1
Hegan c 4 0 1 0
Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Zoldak p 1 0 0 0
  Murray ph 1 0 0 0
  Pieretti p 0 0 0 0
  Lemon ph 1 0 0 0
  Wynn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman lf 4 1 1 0
Pesky 3b 3 1 1 0
DiMaggio cf 4 0 0 1
Stephens ss 4 0 1 0
Dropo 1b 4 2 2 1
Doerr 2b 4 1 1 1
Zarilla rf 4 1 2 2
Batts c 2 1 1 1
McDermott p 3 0 1 1
  Dobson p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 10 7
Cleveland 010 102 100582
Boston 500 000 11x7100
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Garcia   0.2 4 5 5 1 0
  Zoldak   4.1 3 0 0 2 2
  Pieretti  L(0-1) 2.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Wynn   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
4
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
McDermott   6.1 6 5 5 9 4
  Dobson  W(10-8) 2.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
9
5

  E–Gordon (9), Pieretti (1).  DP–Cleveland 1. Rosen-Gordon-Easter, Boston 2. Batts-Pesky, Doerr-Stephens-Dropo.  PB–Batts (4).  2B–Cleveland Kennedy (17,off McDermott); Boudreau (8,off McDermott); Doby (16,off McDermott), Boston Zarilla (26,off Garcia).  3B–Cleveland Boudreau (2,off Dobson), Boston Goodman (2,off Garcia).  HR–Boston Dropo (23,7th inning off Pieretti 0 on 2 out); Batts (3,8th inning off Wynn 0 on 1 out).  HBP–Easter (9,by McDermott).  Team LOB–10.  IBB–Batts (4,by Zoldak).  Team–6.  CS–Boudreau (3,3rd base by McDermott/Batts); Zarilla (2,2nd base by Pieretti/Hegan).  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Bill Grieve, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–Joe Paparella.  T–2:45.  A–24,966.
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