Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
August 8, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 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 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Smith lf 3 1 1 0
  Mitchell ph,lf 2 0 1 0
Avila 2b 5 1 1 1
Easter 1b 0 0 0 0
  Glynn pr,1b 4 1 1 0
Rosen 3b 4 0 1 0
Westlake cf 3 1 1 1
  Doby ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Kennedy rf 2 0 0 0
  Simpson ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Strickland ss 4 0 2 1
Hegan c 3 0 1 0
  Tipton ph,c 1 0 0 0
Wynn p 2 0 0 0
  Ginsberg ph 1 0 1 0
  Friend pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 4 1 1 0
Evers lf 3 2 1 0
Gernert 1b 4 0 0 0
Kell 3b 3 0 0 0
White c 4 2 3 2
Umphlett cf 3 0 2 3
Piersall rf 3 0 0 0
Lipon ss 3 0 0 0
Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Hudson p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 7 5
Cleveland 400 000 0004100
Boston 302 000 00x570
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wynn  L(12-9) 8.0 7 5 5 2 4
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
2
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Henry   0.2 4 4 4 0 0
  Hudson  W(4-7) 8.1 6 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
1
4

  E–None.  2B–Cleveland Smith (6,off Henry); Strickland (9,off Henry), Boston Umphlett (23,off Wynn); White 2 (23,off Wynn 2).  HBP–Easter (3,by Henry).  Team LOB–8.  Team–3.  U-HP–Grover Froese, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:29.  A–22,731.
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