Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
May 12, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1964 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 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Mantilla 3b 4 0 1 1
Bressoud ss 4 1 3 1
Yastrzemski cf 3 0 1 0
Stuart 1b 5 0 0 0
Clinton rf 4 0 0 0
Jones 2b 5 1 1 1
Conigliaro lf 4 1 2 0
Tillman c 4 1 1 1
Spanswick p 0 0 0 0
  Heffner p 2 1 2 1
  Radatz p 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 5 12 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Howser ss 3 1 2 0
Brown 2b 4 1 1 1
Wagner lf 2 1 1 0
Whitfield 1b 5 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Azcue c 3 1 1 1
Held cf 4 1 2 2
Alvis 3b 4 0 0 0
Francona rf 3 1 1 0
Grant p 2 0 0 0
  McMahon p 1 0 0 0
  Chance ph 1 0 1 0
  Davalillo pr 0 0 0 0
  Kindall 1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 4
Boston 002 102 0005123
Cleveland 400 001 01x690
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Spanswick   0.1 5 4 4 0 0
  Heffner   6.0 3 1 1 3 6
  Radatz  L (2-1) 1.2 1 1 1 4 3
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
7
9
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Grant   5.2 8 5 5 3 5
  McMahon  W (2-0) 2.1 3 0 0 0 2
  Abernathy  SV (5) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
4
7

  E–Mantilla (1), Stuart 2 (5).  2B–Boston Conigliaro (4,off Grant), Cleveland Wagner (4,off Spanswick); Held (3,off Spanswick); Francona (3,off Heffner); Chance (1,off Radatz).  HR–Boston Heffner (1,3rd inning off Grant 0 on, 0 out); Bressoud (1,3rd inning off Grant 0 on, 1 out); Jones (3,4th inning off Grant 0 on, 1 out), Cleveland Held (6,6th inning off Heffner 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Heffner (1,off Grant); Yastrzemski (1,off Abernathy).  Team LOB–10.  SF–Brown (1,off Radatz).  IBB–Wagner (5,by Heffner); Azcue (1,by Radatz); Howser (1,by Radatz).  Team–10.  CS–Mantilla (1,2nd base by McMahon/Azcue).  SB–Howser (3,2nd base off Heffner/Tillman).  WP–Heffner (1), Grant (3), McMahon (5).  IBB–Heffner (2,Wagner); Radatz 2 (3,Azcue,Howser).  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Al Salerno, 2B–Bill Valentine, 3B–Bill McKinley.  T–2:38.  A–3,122.
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