Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
June 20, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1951 at Fenway Park. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 14, Boston Red Sox 8

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Simpson rf,1b 5 0 0 0
Avila 2b 6 4 5 4
Doby cf 5 3 3 1
Easter 1b 1 1 1 1
  Kennedy rf 4 0 1 0
Rosen 3b 6 1 1 1
Chapman lf 5 1 3 2
Boone ss 3 3 1 0
  Combs ss 0 0 0 0
Tebbetts c 4 0 2 2
  Hegan pr,c 1 1 0 0
Wynn p 5 0 1 2
Totals 45 14 18 13
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman rf,1b 5 0 3 1
Pesky ss 5 0 2 2
Williams lf 3 0 0 0
Stephens 3b 5 1 1 0
Doerr 2b 5 0 0 0
Vollmer cf 5 3 3 2
Dropo 1b 2 1 1 0
  Wright rf 3 1 2 0
Moss c 4 2 3 2
Wight p 0 0 0 0
  Nixon p 1 0 0 0
  Masterson p 1 0 0 0
  Hatfield ph 1 0 0 1
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Kinder p 0 0 0 0
  Boudreau ph 1 0 0 0
  Hinrichs p 0 0 0 0
  Rosar ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 8 15 8
Cleveland 611 002 21114180
Boston 030 120 0028152
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wynn  W(5-8) 9.0 15 8 8 3 5
Totals
9.0
15
8
8
3
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wight  L(3-5) 0.1 5 5 5 0 1
  Nixon   2.2 2 3 2 2 1
  Masterson   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Taylor   0.2 2 2 2 2 0
  Kinder   2.1 6 3 3 0 2
  Hinrichs   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
18
14
13
4
6

  E–Moss 2 (6).  2B–Cleveland Doby (11,off Wight); Chapman 2 (8,off Wight,off Taylor); Avila (6,off Taylor); Boone (1,off Kinder), Boston Dropo (7,off Wynn).  HR–Cleveland Avila 3 (4,1st inning off Wight 0 on 1 out,7th inning off Kinder 1 on 2 out,9th inning off Hinrichs 0 on 0 out); Doby (9,2nd inning off Nixon 0 on 0 out), Boston Vollmer (4,9th inning off Wynn 1 on 1 out).  HBP–Boone (2,by Nixon).  IBB–Boone (3,by Nixon).  Team LOB–9.  Team–10.  U-HP–Eddie Hurley, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Bill McGowan, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:52.  A–11,397.
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