Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
August 26, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 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."

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Boston Red Sox 5, Cleveland Indians 10

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Geiger cf 4 0 1 1
Bressoud ss 4 0 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 5 0 1 0
Clinton rf 4 1 2 1
Runnels 1b 4 2 3 0
Malzone 3b 4 1 2 2
Nixon c 4 0 0 1
Schilling 2b 4 1 1 0
Wilson p 1 0 1 0
  Kolstad p 1 0 0 0
  Green ph 1 0 1 0
  Earley p 0 0 0 0
  Tillman ph 1 0 0 0
  Fornieles p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 12 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dillard cf 3 0 0 0
  Tasby cf 2 0 1 1
Luplow rf 5 0 0 0
Francona 1b 3 3 2 1
Essegian lf 4 3 2 0
Romano c 4 1 1 1
Held ss 3 1 1 2
Phillips 3b 4 1 2 4
Kindall 2b 3 1 1 0
Perry p 2 0 1 0
  Bell p 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 10 11 9
Boston 000 104 0005122
Cleveland 203 010 40x10110
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  L (11-6) 2.2 3 5 4 5 3
  Kolstad   2.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Earley   2.0 5 4 3 1 4
  Fornieles   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
10
8
7
8
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (10-10) 5.1 10 5 5 1 3
  Bell  SV (10) 3.2 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
2
5

  E–Bressoud (22), Yastrzemski (8).  DP–Boston 1, Cleveland 2.  2B–Cleveland Romano (18,off Wilson); Essegian (9,off Earley); Tasby (7,off Earley).  HR–Boston Clinton (16,6th inning off Perry 0 on, 0 out); Malzone (17,6th inning off Perry 1 on, 0 out), Cleveland Francona (11,5th inning off Kolstad 0 on, 0 out); Phillips (9,7th inning off Earley 1 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–7.  Team–8.  SB–Kindall (4,2nd base off Earley/Nixon).  U-HP–Joe Paparella, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Al Smith, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:53.
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