Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
May 14, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 14, 1953 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 4, Boston Red Sox 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Boone ss 3 0 0 0
Avila 2b 5 0 0 0
Doby cf 5 0 2 0
Rosen 3b 5 1 3 1
Simpson rf 4 1 1 0
Lemon lf 4 1 1 2
  Mitchell ph 1 0 0 0
  Kennedy lf 0 0 0 0
Glynn 1b 4 0 1 0
Tipton c 4 1 1 1
Feller p 2 0 0 0
  Hoskins p 0 0 0 0
  Garcia p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 9 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Piersall rf 6 0 1 1
Stephens lf 5 1 1 0
Kell 3b 4 0 2 0
  Baker pr,3b 1 1 0 0
Gernert 1b 5 0 2 1
White c 5 1 0 0
Lepcio 2b 3 2 3 1
Umphlett cf 4 0 2 1
Bolling ss 4 0 1 0
Brown p 2 0 0 0
  Nixon p 2 0 0 0
  Kinder p 0 0 0 0
  Zarilla ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 5 12 4
Cleveland 011 200 000 00490
Boston 011 000 020 015120
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Feller   6.0 7 2 2 1 4
  Hoskins   1.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Garcia  L(2-3) 3.1 3 1 1 1 2
Totals
10.2
12
5
5
3
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Brown   4.1 4 4 4 2 5
  Nixon   5.2 4 0 0 2 2
  Kinder  W(1-1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
9
4
4
4
7

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 3. Bolling-Lepcio-Gernert, Bolling-Lepcio-Gernert, Baker-Lepcio-Gernert, Boston 3. Bolling-Lepcio-Gernert, Bolling-Lepcio-Gernert, Baker-Lepcio-Gernert.  2B–Boston Kell (14,off Feller); Umphlett (7,off Feller)..  HR–Cleveland Rosen (5,2nd inning off Brown 0 on 0 out); Tipton (2,3rd inning off Brown 0 on 0 out); J. Lemon (1,4th inning off Brown 1 on 2 out)., Boston Lepcio (3,2nd inning off Feller 0 on 0 out).  SH–Simpson (1,off Nixon); Umphlett (1,off Garcia).  Team LOB–6.  Team–9.  CS–Lepcio (1,Home by Garcia/Tipton); Lepcio (1,Home by Garcia/Tipton).  U-HP–Eddie Rommel, 1B–Charlie Berry, 2B–Eddie Hurley, 3B–Hank Soar.
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