Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
September 8, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1969 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 5, Cleveland Indians 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
O'Brien 3b 4 1 1 0
Andrews 2b 4 0 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 2 0 0 0
  Lahoud lf 3 0 0 0
Smith cf 2 1 1 1
Petrocelli ss 2 2 1 1
Conigliaro rf 4 1 2 1
Scott 1b 4 0 1 2
Moses c 4 0 1 0
Landis p 1 0 0 0
  Siebert p 2 0 1 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Leon ss 4 1 1 1
Nelson 2b 4 0 1 0
Harrelson rf 2 0 0 0
Horton 1b 4 0 1 1
Cardenal cf 4 1 1 0
Fosse c 3 1 1 0
  Baker ph 1 0 0 0
Scheinblum lf 2 0 0 1
  Sims ph 1 0 0 0
Brown 3b 3 1 1 0
  Snyder ph 1 0 0 0
Hargan p 1 0 0 0
  Boyd p 0 0 0 0
  Hinton ph 0 0 0 1
  Law p 0 0 0 0
  Hennigan p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 6 4
Boston 011 100 020580
Cleveland 000 040 000461
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Landis   4.2 5 4 4 1 1
  Siebert  W (11-11) 4.1 1 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
2
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hargan   4.0 4 3 3 2 1
  Boyd   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Law   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Hennigan  L (0-1) 4.0 4 2 2 1 4
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
5
7

  E–Leon (13).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Cardenal (20,off Landis); Brown (9,off Landis).  HR–Boston Petrocelli (36,2nd inning off Hargan 0 on, 0 out); T Conigliaro (19,4th inning off Hargan 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Smith (8,off Hargan); Scheinblum (3,off Landis); Hinton (1,off Landis).  IBB–Petrocelli (11,by Hennigan).  SB–Landis (1,2nd base off Boyd/Fosse); Nelson (4,2nd base off Siebert/Moses).  CS–Yastrzemski (6,2nd base by Hargan/Fosse).  IBB–Hennigan (1,Petrocelli).  U-HP–Ed Runge, 1B–Jim Odom, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:34.  A–3,530.
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