Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
April 17, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1966 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Boston Red Sox 0, Cleveland Indians 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Green cf 3 0 1 0
Kasko 3b 3 0 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 1 0
Conigliaro rf 3 0 1 0
Scott 1b 4 0 2 0
Petrocelli ss 4 0 0 0
Smith 2b 4 0 1 0
Ryan c 4 0 1 0
Wilson p 2 0 0 0
  Grilli p 0 0 0 0
  Gosger ph 1 0 0 0
  Sadowski p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 7 0
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Davalillo cf 4 1 1 0
Alvis 3b 4 0 2 1
Wagner lf 4 1 1 0
Colavito rf 3 2 1 2
Davis 1b 1 0 0 0
  Hinton ph,1b 2 1 2 1
Gonzalez 2b 4 0 2 0
Brown ss 4 0 0 0
Sims c 3 1 1 1
Tiant p 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 10 5
Boston 000 000 000074
Cleveland 000 220 02x6101
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  L (0-1) 4.2 7 4 4 1 2
  Grilli   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Sadowski   2.0 2 2 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
6
4
2
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant  W (1-0) 9.0 7 0 0 3 9
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
3
9

  E–Yastrzemski (1), Petrocelli (3), Ryan (1), Sadowski (1), Alvis (1).  DP–Boston 1.  HR–Cleveland Colavito (1,4th inning off Wilson 1 on, 1 out); Sims (1,5th inning off Wilson 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Davalillo (1,2nd base off Wilson/Ryan); Gonzalez (4,2nd base off Sadowski/Ryan).  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Bill Kinnamon, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:44.  A–18,546.
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