Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
June 24, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 24, 1953 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."

"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 13, Boston Red Sox 9

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 5 1 3 4
  Westlake lf 1 1 1 0
Avila 2b 6 1 3 3
Rosen 3b 5 1 2 1
Easter 1b 3 1 2 0
  Glynn 1b 2 0 1 0
Doby cf 3 2 1 2
Kennedy rf 5 2 1 1
Strickland ss 4 1 0 0
Hegan c 5 2 3 2
Wynn p 3 1 0 0
  Lemon p 1 0 0 0
  Hooper p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 13 17 13
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 3 1 1 0
  Lepcio 2b 2 0 1 0
Stephens lf 3 2 0 0
Gernert 1b 4 2 2 0
Baker 3b 4 2 3 0
White c 2 0 0 0
  Wilber c 2 2 2 4
Umphlett cf 5 0 2 4
Piersall rf 5 0 2 0
Bolling ss 4 0 1 0
  Zarilla ph 0 0 0 0
Grissom p 0 0 0 0
  Freeman p 1 0 0 0
  Flowers p 2 0 0 0
  Kell ph 0 0 0 0
  Consolo pr 0 0 0 0
  Kinder p 0 0 0 0
  Evers ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 14 8
Cleveland 045 010 01213170
Boston 300 001 3029140
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wynn  W(6-5) 7.1 13 7 7 2 2
  Lemon   0.2 1 2 2 2 0
  Hooper  SV(2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
9
9
5
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Grissom  L(2-6) 1.2 3 4 4 3 2
  Freeman   1.0 4 5 5 1 2
  Flowers   5.1 6 2 2 2 2
  Kinder   1.0 4 2 2 1 0
Totals
9.0
17
13
13
7
6

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 2. Mitchell-Glynn, Strickland-Avila-Glynn.  2B–Cleveland Easter (3,off Flowers), Boston Bolling (6,off Wynn); Wilber (2,off Wynn).  3B–Cleveland Rosen (2,off Flowers), Boston Piersall (4,off Wynn).  HR–Boston Wilber (4,7th inning off Wynn 2 on 2 out).  SH–Wynn (3,off Flowers).  Team LOB–11.  HBP–Kell (1,by Wynn); Baker (2,by B. Lemon).  Team–9.  U-HP–Grover Froese, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Art Passarella, 3B–Bill Grieve.
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