Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
June 23, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Cleveland Indians 4, Boston Red Sox 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 4 0 1 0
  Kennedy lf 1 0 0 0
Avila 2b 3 0 1 0
Rosen 3b 3 0 0 0
Easter 1b 4 1 1 0
  Glynn pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Doby cf 4 2 2 2
Simpson rf 4 0 1 2
Strickland ss 2 0 0 0
Tipton c 3 0 0 0
  McCosky ph 1 0 0 0
Garcia p 2 0 1 0
  Hooper p 0 0 0 0
  Ginsberg ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 3 2 1 0
Evers lf 4 1 2 1
Gernert 1b 5 0 1 2
Kell 3b 5 1 2 0
White c 4 1 3 2
Umphlett cf 3 0 1 1
Piersall rf 3 0 1 0
Lipon ss 1 1 0 0
  Baker ph 1 0 0 0
  Bolling ss 1 0 1 0
Nixon p 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 12 6
Cleveland 020 000 020470
Boston 011 100 12x6121
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Garcia   4.0 8 3 3 3 3
  Hooper  L(4-2) 4.0 4 3 3 2 1
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
5
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nixon  W(4-1) 9.0 7 4 4 5 5
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
5
5

  E–Gernert (7).  DP–Cleveland 1. Garcia-Avila-Easter, Boston 2. Goodman-Lipon-Gernert, Goodman-Bolling-Gernert.  2B–Boston Kell (18,off Garcia); White (15,off Garcia); Evers (4,off Garcia).  3B–Cleveland Doby 2 (3,off Nixon 2), Boston Gernert (1,off Hooper).  HR–Boston White (6,7th inning off Hooper 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Umphlett (4,off Hooper); Nixon (1,off Hooper).  HBP–Evers (2,by Garcia).  Team–10.  U-HP–Art Passarella, 1B–Bill Grieve, 2B–Grover Froese, 3B–Larry Napp.
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