Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
August 9, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1966 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 5, Boston Red Sox 0

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Brown ss 4 0 0 0
Wagner lf 4 1 3 0
  Davalillo cf 0 0 0 0
Hinton cf,lf 4 1 1 0
Whitfield 1b 3 1 1 3
Colavito rf 4 0 1 0
  Landis pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Alvis 3b 4 1 1 1
Salmon 2b 4 0 0 0
Azcue c 3 0 0 0
Hargan p 4 0 1 1
Totals 34 5 8 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kasko 2b,ss 4 0 0 0
Foy 3b 4 0 2 0
Yastrzemski lf 3 0 0 0
Conigliaro rf 3 0 1 0
Demeter cf 3 0 0 0
Scott 1b 3 0 0 0
Petrocelli ss 2 0 0 0
  Jones 2b 1 0 1 0
Ryan c 3 0 0 0
Bennett p 1 0 0 0
  Osinski p 0 0 0 0
  Tartabull ph 1 0 0 0
  Sheldon p 0 0 0 0
  Green ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 4 0
Cleveland 300 100 001580
Boston 000 000 000041
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hargan  W (8-6) 9.0 4 0 0 0 6
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
0
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Bennett  L (1-2) 4.1 6 4 4 1 2
  Osinski   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Sheldon   3.0 2 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
2
6

  E–Petrocelli (25).  DP–Cleveland 2.  HR–Cleveland Whitfield (23,1st inning off Bennett 2 on, 1 out); Alvis (10,4th inning off Bennett 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Azcue (4,by Sheldon).  SB–Hinton (8,2nd base off Osinski/Ryan).  WP–Hargan (5).  IBB–Sheldon (6,Azcue).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Cal Drummond.  T–2:13.  A–11,174.
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