Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
May 20, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1970 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 2, Cleveland Indians 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Schofield 3b 2 1 1 0
Smith cf 4 1 2 1
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 1 1
Conigliaro rf 4 0 0 0
Petrocelli ss 4 0 0 0
Scott 1b 3 0 0 0
Andrews 2b 4 0 0 0
Satriano c 3 0 0 0
Siebert p 3 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Uhlaender cf 4 0 0 0
Leon 2b 4 0 2 0
Pinson rf 4 2 0 0
Horton 1b 3 1 1 2
Sims lf 2 1 1 2
  Foster ph,lf 0 1 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0
Fosse c 4 2 2 1
Heidemann ss 4 0 2 1
McDowell p 4 0 2 1
Totals 33 7 10 7
Boston 100 010 000241
Cleveland 000 200 14x7100
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Siebert  L (3-2) 6.1 6 3 3 1 3
  Lyle   1.1 3 4 4 1 1
  Romo   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
2
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell  W (6-3) 9.0 4 2 2 3 10
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
3
10

  E–Petrocelli (4).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Cleveland Fosse (4,off Lyle).  HR–Boston Smith (5,5th inning off McDowell 0 on, 2 out), Cleveland Sims (3,4th inning off Siebert 1 on, 2 out); Horton (3,8th inning off Lyle 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Horton (2,by Siebert).  HBP–Siebert (2,Horton).  U-HP–Merlyn Anthony, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Bob Stewart, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–2:33.  A–4,930.
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