Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
May 21, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1965 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 6, Cleveland Indians 11

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Green cf 3 1 2 0
Schilling 2b 5 0 0 0
Jones 3b 4 1 3 1
  Lamabe p 0 0 0 0
  Bennett p 0 0 0 0
Thomas 1b 5 1 1 1
Mantilla lf 5 0 2 1
Conigliaro rf 5 1 3 2
Bressoud ss 4 1 1 1
Tillman c 5 0 1 0
Wilson p 2 0 0 0
  Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
  Earley p 0 0 0 0
  Radatz p 0 0 0 0
  Malzone ph,3b 2 1 1 0
Totals 40 6 14 6
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Howser ss 3 2 1 0
Whitfield 1b 4 0 1 0
  Salmon pr,1b 0 2 0 0
Wagner lf 5 1 1 0
  Brown 2b 0 0 0 0
Colavito rf 4 1 1 2
  Bell p 0 0 0 0
Alvis 3b 4 1 3 0
Davalillo cf 5 1 3 6
Hinton 2b,lf 5 1 1 1
Azcue c 3 1 1 0
Tiant p 2 0 0 0
  Weaver p 1 0 0 0
  Luplow ph,rf 1 1 1 2
Totals 37 11 13 11
Boston 020 030 0106140
Cleveland 200 120 24x11130
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson   5.0 8 5 5 2 2
  Ritchie  L (0-1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 2
  Earley   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Radatz   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Lamabe   0.0 1 3 3 2 0
  Bennett   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
13
11
11
5
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant   4.1 8 5 5 3 4
  Weaver  W (1-0) 3.2 5 1 1 0 1
  Bell  SV (5) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
4
5

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Davalillo (7,off Wilson); Alvis 2 (6,off Wilson 2); Whitfield (6,off Ritchie).  HR–Boston Conigliaro (9,2nd inning off Tiant 0 on, 1 out); Bressoud (3,2nd inning off Tiant 0 on, 1 out), Cleveland Hinton (4,4th inning off Wilson 0 on, 0 out); Davalillo (2,5th inning off Wilson 1 on, 2 out); Colavito (7,7th inning off Radatz 1 on, 1 out); Luplow (1,8th inning off Lamabe 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Green (1,by Weaver); Salmon (1,by Bennett).  SB–Green (2,2nd base off Weaver/Azcue).  HBP–Bennett (1,Salmon); Weaver (1,Green).  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Cal Drummond, 3B–Bill Kinnamon.  T–2:59.  A–9,685.
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