Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
May 9, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1965 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."

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Cleveland Indians 9, Boston Red Sox 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Hinton 2b 6 2 1 0
Brown ss 5 0 2 0
Wagner lf 5 1 2 1
Colavito rf 4 2 1 0
Alvis 3b 1 2 0 1
Davalillo cf 5 1 2 2
Whitfield 1b 4 1 3 3
  Salmon ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Azcue c 5 0 2 1
McDowell p 3 0 1 1
  Bell p 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 14 9
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Green cf 3 1 1 0
Malzone 3b 3 1 1 1
Mantilla 2b 4 1 1 3
Conigliaro rf 4 0 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 0 0
Bressoud ss 4 0 1 0
Thomas 1b 3 1 1 0
Ryan c 4 0 0 0
Morehead p 0 0 0 0
  Lamabe p 0 0 0 0
  Moses ph 1 0 0 0
  Bennett p 1 0 0 0
  Schilling ph 1 0 0 0
  Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 5 4
Cleveland 412 200 0009140
Boston 001 000 030453
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell  W (1-2) 7.2 5 4 4 2 8
  Bell  SV (2) 1.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
3
8
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Morehead  L (1-3) 0.2 3 4 4 2 0
  Lamabe   2.1 4 3 3 0 1
  Bennett   5.0 7 2 2 1 5
  Ritchie   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
9
9
3
6

  E–Bressoud (2), Thomas (1), Ryan (1).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Cleveland Hinton (2,off Morehead); Whitfield (3,off Morehead); Wagner (3,off Bennett); Davalillo (4,off Bennett), Boston Green (6,off McDowell).  3B–Cleveland Whitfield (1,off Bennett).  HR–Boston Mantilla (3,8th inning off McDowell 2 on, 2 out).  SH–McDowell (1,off Lamabe).  SF–Alvis (2,off Bennett).  HBP–Alvis (2,by Lamabe).  SB–Wagner (4,2nd base off Bennett/Ryan).  HBP–Lamabe (2,Alvis).  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Bill Valentine, 3B–Bill McKinley.  T–2:36.
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