Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
April 11, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 11, 1971 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."

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Boston Red Sox 2, Cleveland Indians 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 4 0 1 1
Smith rf 5 0 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 0 0
Petrocelli 3b 1 0 0 0
Scott 1b 4 0 0 0
Josephson c 3 1 0 0
Conigliaro cf 2 0 0 0
Griffin 2b 2 1 1 0
Peters p 3 0 1 1
  Bolin p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
  Tatum p 0 0 0 0
  Lahoud ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 3 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Brown ss 3 1 0 0
Nettles 3b 3 0 1 0
Pinson rf 4 1 1 1
Fosse c 4 1 1 1
Harrelson 1b 3 1 0 0
Hinton lf 2 1 0 0
  Uhlaender ph 0 0 0 0
  Ford ph,cf 0 0 0 1
Leon 2b 4 1 2 1
Bradford cf 3 0 1 2
  Hodge ph 1 0 1 1
  Lowenstein pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Foster p 4 1 1 0
  Machemehl p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 8 7
Boston 010 100 000231
Cleveland 020 000 05x780
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Peters  L (0-1) 7.1 6 5 5 1 2
  Bolin   0.0 0 2 2 1 0
  Lyle   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Tatum   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
7
7
3
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Foster  W (1-0) 8.1 3 2 2 9 5
  Machemehl  SV (2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
9
5

  E–Conigliaro (1).  DP–Boston 1, Cleveland 1.  2B–Boston Griffin (1,off A Foster); Aparicio (2,off A Foster), Cleveland Bradford (1,off Peters); A Foster (1,off Peters); Hodge (2,off Tatum).  SH–Griffin (1,off A Foster); Nettles (1,off Peters).  HBP–Brown (1,by Peters).  SB–Aparicio (1,2nd base off A Foster/Fosse).  HBP–Peters (1,Brown).  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Merlyn Anthony, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:33.  A–6,005.
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