Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
June 12, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 12, 1956 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 7, Boston Red Sox 9

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Carrasquel ss 2 1 0 1
Smith rf 3 1 0 0
Rosen 3b 5 1 1 3
Wertz 1b 5 1 3 1
Mele lf 5 0 1 0
Busby cf 5 2 1 0
Strickland 2b 3 0 1 0
  Mitchell ph 0 1 0 0
  Daley p 0 0 0 0
Hegan c 3 0 1 1
  Ward ph 0 0 0 0
  Kuhn pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Wynn p 3 0 1 0
  Averill ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 9 6
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Piersall cf 4 2 2 0
Klaus 3b 5 2 3 1
Williams lf 4 2 3 3
  Stephens lf 1 0 0 0
Vernon 1b 4 1 0 0
Jensen rf 4 0 1 0
Lepcio 2b 4 1 1 3
Daley c 3 1 3 2
Buddin ss 4 0 1 0
Sullivan p 4 0 0 0
  Sisler p 0 0 0 0
  Hurd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 14 9
Cleveland 020 030 020790
Boston 310 000 50x9141
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wynn  L(6-3) 7.0 13 9 9 3 6
  Daley   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
14
9
9
3
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sullivan  W(5-3) 7.1 9 7 7 5 4
  Sisler   0.1 0 0 0 2 1
  Hurd   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
7
7

  E–Daley (2).  DP–Cleveland 1. Strickland-Carrasquel-Wertz, Boston 1. Lepcio-Vernon.  PB–Daley (1).  2B–Cleveland Hegan (6,off Sullivan); Wertz (13,off Sullivan); Wynn (2,off Sullivan)., Boston Piersall (11,off Wynn); Klaus (7,off Wynn); Williams 2 (9,off Wynn 2).  HR–Cleveland Wertz (12,2nd inning off Sullivan 0 on 0 out); Rosen (7,5th inning off Sullivan 2 on 1 out), Boston Lepcio (2,7th inning off Wynn 2 on 2 out); Daley (3,7th inning off Wynn 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–8.  IBB–Vernon (2,by Wynn).  Team–7.  U-HP–Ed Runge, 1B–Eddie Rommel, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–2:37.  A–29,190.
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