Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
June 29, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 29, 1968 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 8, Boston Red Sox 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Snyder rf 3 0 2 2
  Harper ph,rf 2 2 2 3
Alvis 3b 3 0 1 0
Hall lf 3 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,lf 1 0 0 1
Azcue c 5 1 2 0
Sims 1b 4 0 0 0
Cardenal cf 4 1 2 1
Harris 2b 4 2 2 1
Brown ss 4 2 2 0
Tiant p 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 13 8
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Foy 3b 4 0 1 0
Adair 2b 4 0 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 3 0 0 0
Harrelson rf 4 0 0 0
Smith cf 3 1 1 0
Petrocelli ss 4 0 1 1
Scott 1b 4 0 1 0
Howard c 3 0 1 0
Bell p 2 0 1 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Pizarro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Cleveland 001 010 4118130
Boston 000 000 001160
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant  W (12-5) 9.0 6 1 1 2 13
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
13
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Bell  L (6-3) 6.1 8 5 5 1 3
  Lyle   1.2 4 2 2 0 0
  Pizarro   1.0 1 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1, Boston 2.  2B–Cleveland Azcue (4,off Lyle); Cardenal (7,off Lyle); Harper (11,off Pizarro), Boston Petrocelli (10,off Tiant).  3B–Cleveland Cardenal (2,off Bell).  HR–Cleveland Harper (5,7th inning off Lyle 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Tiant 2 (5,off Bell 2).  SF–Johnson (1,off Pizarro).  WP–Tiant (3), Pizarro (1).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:50.  A–22,263.
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