Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
April 30, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1961 at Cleveland Stadium. 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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Boston Red Sox 1, Cleveland Indians 10

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Schilling 2b 4 0 2 0
Geiger cf 4 0 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 0 0
Wertz 1b 4 0 0 0
Runnels 3b 4 0 1 0
Clinton rf 3 0 0 0
Pagliaroni c 4 0 0 0
Green ss 3 1 1 0
Conley p 1 0 0 0
  Nixon ph 1 0 0 0
  Stallard p 0 0 0 0
  Harrell ph 1 0 0 0
  Nichols p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 5 0
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 2 1 0
Francona lf 5 3 3 3
Piersall cf 4 1 2 1
Kirkland rf 4 0 2 1
  Bond rf 0 0 0 0
Power 1b 5 1 2 2
Held ss 4 1 1 0
Phillips 3b 4 0 1 0
Romano c 4 1 2 3
Hawkins p 3 1 0 0
Totals 37 10 14 10
Boston 000 010 000152
Cleveland 012 103 12x10143
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Conley  L (1-1) 4.0 8 4 3 0 3
  Stallard   2.0 2 3 3 3 2
  Nichols   2.0 4 3 3 1 0
Totals
8.0
14
10
9
4
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hawkins  W (2-0) 9.0 5 1 1 2 5
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
5

  E–Schilling (2), Pagliaroni (2), Kirkland (1), Power (1), Held (2).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Boston Runnels (3,off Hawkins); Geiger (3,off Hawkins), Cleveland Romano (5,off Nichols); Temple (3,off Nichols).  HR–Cleveland Romano (1,4th inning off Conley 0 on, 0 out); Francona (2,6th inning off Stallard 2 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Kirkland (1,off Nichols).  Team–8.  U-HP–Eddie Hurley, 1B–Bill Kinnamon, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:29.  A–11,308.
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