Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
May 23, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1965 at Cleveland Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 8, Cleveland Indians 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Green lf 6 1 2 1
Jones 3b 4 1 2 0
Mantilla 2b 5 1 2 3
Thomas 1b 5 2 1 0
Conigliaro rf 4 1 3 1
Geiger cf 5 0 3 0
Bressoud ss 4 1 0 0
Ryan c 4 1 1 1
Stephenson p 2 0 0 0
  Ritchie p 1 0 1 1
Totals 40 8 15 7
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Brown ss 5 1 2 0
Wagner lf 5 0 1 0
Alvis 3b 4 1 1 1
Colavito rf 5 1 3 2
Davalillo cf 2 0 1 0
Hinton 1b,2b 3 0 1 0
Azcue c 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez 2b 2 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Donovan p 2 0 0 0
  Stange p 0 0 0 0
  Howser ph 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Hedlund p 0 0 0 0
  Salmon ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Boston 010 030 0318150
Cleveland 200 000 001391
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Stephenson  W (1-2) 6.0 4 2 2 4 9
  Ritchie  SV (2) 3.0 5 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
4
9
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Donovan  L (1-3) 4.1 9 4 4 1 2
  Stange   2.2 1 0 0 1 3
  McMahon   0.2 3 3 0 1 2
  Hedlund   1.1 2 1 1 3 2
Totals
9.0
15
8
5
6
9

  E–Hinton (6).  DP–Cleveland 1.  PB–Azcue (4).  2B–Boston Thomas (7,off Donovan); Conigliaro (2,off Donovan); Jones (5,off Donovan); Geiger (1,off Hedlund).  HR–Boston Mantilla (6,5th inning off Donovan 2 on, 1 out), Cleveland Colavito (9,1st inning off Stephenson 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Bressoud (1,by Hedlund); Ryan (1,by Hedlund).  SH–Hinton (2,off Ritchie).  SB–Jones (1,2nd base off Stange/Azcue); Thomas (1,3rd base off McMahon/Azcue); Davalillo (2,2nd base off Stephenson/Ryan); Hinton (4,2nd base off Stephenson/Ryan).  CS–Conigliaro (1,2nd base by Stange/Azcue).  IBB–Hedlund 2 (2,Bressoud,Ryan).  U-HP–Bill Kinnamon, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Cal Drummond.  T–2:50.  A–18,213.
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