Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
April 17, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1962 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 0, Cleveland Indians 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Runnels 1b 4 0 0 0
Bressoud ss 4 0 1 0
Geiger cf 3 0 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 1 0
Malzone 3b 3 0 0 0
Nixon c 3 0 1 0
Hardy rf 2 0 0 0
Schilling 2b 2 0 0 0
  Philley ph 0 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
Monbouquette p 2 0 1 0
  Green ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 5 0
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dillard cf 4 0 0 0
Luplow lf 4 2 1 2
Francona 1b 3 1 2 0
Kirkland rf 4 1 4 2
Romano c 3 0 0 1
Held ss 4 0 0 0
Phillips 3b 4 0 0 0
Kindall 2b 4 1 1 0
Donovan p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
Boston 000 000 000053
Cleveland 000 120 11x580
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Monbouquette  L (1-1) 7.0 7 4 2 1 4
  Wilson   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
3
1
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Donovan  W (2-0) 9.0 5 0 0 3 6
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
3
6

  E–Runnels (1), Malzone (2), Green (1).  DP–Cleveland 3.  2B–Boston Bressoud (1,off Donovan), Cleveland Kindall (1,off Monbouquette).  HR–Cleveland Luplow (1,7th inning off Monbouquette 0 on, 2 out); Kirkland (1,8th inning off Wilson 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–4.  SF–Romano (1,off Monbouquette).  Team–6.  U-HP–Al Smith, 1B–Harry Schwarts, 2B–Charlie Berry, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:13.  A–3,104.
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