Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
May 5, 1952 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1952 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 4, Boston Red Sox 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Simpson cf 5 0 2 0
Avila 2b 3 2 1 1
Rosen 3b 5 1 2 0
Boone ss 4 1 2 2
Mitchell lf 5 0 1 1
Fridley rf 4 0 0 0
Easter 1b 5 0 0 0
Tebbetts c 3 0 1 0
  Hegan c 0 0 0 0
Lemon p 1 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph 1 0 0 0
  Wynn p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 9 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 5 1 2 0
Piersall ss 2 0 1 0
  Lenhardt ph 1 0 0 0
Stephens G. lf 4 0 0 1
  Dropo ph 1 0 0 0
Stephens V. 3b 0 0 0 0
  Hatfield ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Goodman 1b 4 0 1 0
Throneberry rf 4 0 2 0
  Wood rf 0 0 0 0
Lepcio 2b 4 0 0 0
White c 3 0 0 0
  Pesky ph 1 0 0 0
Parnell p 3 0 0 0
  Kinder p 0 0 0 0
  Delock p 0 0 0 0
  Vollmer ph 1 1 1 1
Totals 35 2 7 2
Cleveland 000 000 010 3490
Boston 100 000 000 1272
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lemon   7.0 4 1 1 2 3
  Wynn  W(4-1) 3.0 3 1 1 1 5
Totals
10.0
7
2
2
3
8
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Parnell  L(2-1) 9.2 7 3 3 4 2
  Kinder   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Delock   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
9
4
4
5
3

  E–Piersall (4), Lepcio (2).  DP–Boston 3. Piersall-Lepcio-Goodman, Lepcio-Piersall-Goodman, Piersall-Lepcio-Goodman.  2B–Boston DiMaggio (5,off Wynn).  3B–Cleveland Rosen (2,off Parnell); Boone (2,off Kinder).  HR–Cleveland Avila (1,10th inning off Parnell 0 on 2 out), Boston Vollmer (1,10th inning off Wynn 0 on 1 out).  SH–Lemon (1,off Parnell); Piersall (3,off Lemon).  Team LOB–9.  Team–7.  SB–DiMaggio (3,2nd base off Lemon/Tebbetts); Piersall (1,2nd base off Wynn/Tebbetts).  CS–Goodman (1,2nd base by Lemon/Tebbetts).  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Jim Duffy, 3B–Bill Summers.  T–2:48.  A–8,624.
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