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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 30, 1961 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 10, Boston Red Sox 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
de la Hoz 2b 5 1 2 3
Piersall cf 4 0 0 0
  Dillard cf 0 0 0 0
Francona lf 5 0 0 0
Romano c 4 1 0 0
Kirkland rf 4 2 1 0
Phillips 3b 5 2 2 0
Power 1b 5 1 3 2
Held ss 4 1 4 3
Bell p 4 2 1 1
Totals 40 10 13 9
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Schilling 2b 3 0 2 0
Geiger cf 5 0 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 3 0 0 0
Jensen rf 4 0 0 0
Malzone 3b 4 1 2 0
Pagliaroni c 4 0 0 0
Runnels 1b 3 1 1 0
Buddin ss 3 0 1 0
Muffett p 1 0 0 0
  Hillman p 0 0 0 0
  Nixon ph 1 0 0 0
  Wood p 1 0 0 0
  Green ph 0 0 0 1
Totals 32 2 6 1
Cleveland 001 520 20010132
Boston 000 000 002260
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bell  W (5-8) 9.0 6 2 0 4 8
Totals
9.0
6
2
0
4
8
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Muffett  L (2-8) 4.2 9 8 8 2 2
  Hillman   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Wood   4.0 3 2 2 1 3
Totals
9.0
13
10
10
3
5

  E–de la Hoz 2 (4).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland de la Hoz (2,off Muffett); Power (21,off Wood).  HR–Cleveland de la Hoz (2,4th inning off Muffett 2 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Green (1,off Bell).  HBP–Buddin (2,by Bell).  Team–9.  WP–Muffett (2).  HBP–Bell (3,Buddin).  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Harry Schwarts, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:35.  A–26,143.
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