Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
July 8, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1971 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."

"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 5, Cleveland Indians 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kennedy ss 4 1 1 0
Gagliano 2b 3 0 2 1
Smith rf 4 0 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 0 0
Petrocelli 3b 4 1 1 1
Scott 1b 4 1 1 0
Conigliaro cf 4 1 3 0
Josephson c 3 0 1 1
  Aparicio pr 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery c 1 1 1 2
Lonborg p 2 0 0 0
  Lahoud ph 0 0 0 0
  Lee p 1 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Uhlaender lf,cf 4 0 2 0
Leon 2b 5 0 3 2
Pinson cf,rf 5 0 1 0
Chambliss 1b 3 0 2 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0
Baker rf 3 1 1 0
  Foster ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Hinton c 4 2 3 1
Heidemann ss 4 0 1 0
Hargan p 3 0 0 0
  Colbert p 0 0 0 0
  Bevacqua ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 37 3 14 3
Boston 000 001 2025111
Cleveland 020 100 0003140
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lonborg   6.0 10 3 3 2 4
  Lee  W (7-2) 2.1 4 0 0 0 4
  Lyle  SV (11) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
3
3
2
8
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hargan   6.1 8 3 3 0 4
  Colbert  L (2-2) 2.2 3 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
1
6

  E–Smith (8).  DP–Boston 2, Cleveland 3.  2B–Cleveland Baker (8,off Lonborg).  3B–Boston Kennedy (4,off Hargan).  HR–Boston Petrocelli (14,7th inning off Hargan 0 on, 1 out); Montgomery (1,9th inning off Colbert 1 on, 2 out), Cleveland Hinton (5,4th inning off Lonborg 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Gagliano (1,off Hargan).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Jake O'Donnell, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:40.  A–8,305.
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