Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
August 15, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1961 at Cleveland Stadium. 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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Boston Red Sox 8, Cleveland Indians 0

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Schilling 2b 3 1 0 0
Geiger cf 3 1 0 1
Wertz 1b 5 0 1 1
Malzone 3b 5 2 5 3
Nixon c 5 0 1 0
Jensen rf 5 2 2 1
Hardy lf 3 1 1 1
Buddin ss 2 0 0 0
Conley p 4 1 1 1
Totals 35 8 11 8
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 3 0 2 0
Piersall cf 4 0 2 0
Francona lf 4 0 0 0
Kirkland rf 4 0 0 0
Phillips 3b 4 0 1 0
Romano c 3 0 0 0
Power 1b 4 0 0 0
Held ss 4 0 1 0
Bell p 1 0 0 0
  Locke p 1 0 0 0
  Stigman p 0 0 0 0
  Dillard ph 1 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 6 0
Boston 010 051 1008111
Cleveland 000 000 000060
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Conley  W (7-10) 9.0 6 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
2
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bell  L (8-12) 4.1 5 5 5 2 3
  Locke   1.1 3 2 2 4 0
  Stigman   1.1 1 1 1 0 3
  Allen   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
6
8

  E–Hardy (4).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Temple (19,off Conley); Phillips (21,off Conley).  HR–Boston Malzone 2 (10,2nd inning off Bell 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off Stigman 0 on, 0 out); Jensen (9,5th inning off Bell 0 on, 0 out); Hardy (1,5th inning off Bell 0 on, 0 out); Conley (2,5th inning off Bell 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Buddin (6,off Locke).  Team LOB–7.  Team–8.  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Bill Kinnamon, 3B–Eddie Hurley.  T–2:29.  A–5,519.
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