Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
May 21, 1952 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1952 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."

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Boston Red Sox 1, Cleveland Indians 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Pesky 3b 2 0 1 0
Throneberry rf 4 0 1 0
Lenhardt lf 5 0 0 0
Stephens ss 4 0 1 0
Vollmer cf 4 1 1 0
Goodman 2b 2 0 2 0
Dropo 1b 2 0 0 0
Wilber c 4 0 0 0
Scarborough p 2 0 0 0
  Piersall ph 0 0 0 0
  Nixon p 0 0 0 0
  Wight p 0 0 0 0
  Wood ph 1 0 0 0
  Delock p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 0
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Avila 2b 4 0 1 0
Boone ss 3 1 0 0
Rosen 3b 4 0 1 1
  Berardino pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Doby cf 4 0 2 1
Mitchell lf 4 0 0 1
Easter 1b 4 0 1 0
Kennedy rf 1 1 0 0
Hegan c 4 1 2 2
Wynn p 3 1 1 0
  Garcia p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
Boston 000 000 010161
Cleveland 020 000 30x581
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Scarborough  L(1-2) 6.0 4 2 2 4 6
  Nixon   0.1 3 3 3 0 0
  Wight   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Delock   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
4
7
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wynn  W(5-3) 7.0 6 1 1 9 6
  Garcia  SV(3) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
9
6

  E–Throneberry (5), Boone (8).  DP–Cleveland 1. Boone-Avila-Easter.  PB–Wilber (1).  2B–Boston Goodman (4,off Wynn); V. Stephens (4,off Wynn), Cleveland Doby (4,off Scarborough).  HR–Cleveland Hegan (2,2nd inning off Scarborough 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–11.  HBP–Avila (1,by Nixon).  Team–8.  SB–Piersall (2,2nd base off Wynn/Hegan); Kennedy (1,2nd base off Scarborough/Wilber).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Bill Summers, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:31.  A–22,737.
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