Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
September 16, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 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."

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Boston Red Sox 10, Cleveland Indians 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Griffin 2b 3 0 1 1
Beniquez ss 5 0 1 1
Lahoud rf 5 1 1 1
Smith cf 5 0 0 0
Petrocelli 3b 2 3 1 1
Cooper 1b 5 2 2 0
Miller lf 4 2 2 4
Fisk c 4 1 2 0
Garman p 2 0 0 0
  Peters p 1 0 0 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
  Fiore ph 1 1 1 2
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 11 10
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Uhlaender rf 5 1 2 2
Pinson cf 5 1 2 2
Foster lf 5 1 2 0
Nettles 3b 5 1 2 0
Chambliss 1b 5 0 1 0
Fosse c 5 1 2 3
Lowenstein 2b 1 1 1 0
  Bevacqua ph,2b 3 0 1 0
Camilli ss 2 1 1 0
Hand p 2 0 0 0
  Hodge ph 1 0 1 0
  Lamb p 0 0 0 0
  Ford ph 1 0 0 0
  Kaiser p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 15 7
Boston 030 120 03110110
Cleveland 100 401 0107151
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Garman   3.2 6 5 5 3 0
  Peters   1.2 4 1 1 0 0
  Curtis  W (1-2) 1.2 3 0 0 0 2
  Lyle  SV (16) 2.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
3
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hand   6.0 6 6 5 5 6
  Lamb  L (6-12) 2.0 3 3 3 1 2
  Kaiser   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
10
9
6
8

  E–Chambliss (8).  PB–Fosse (12).  2B–Boston Cooper (2,off Hand); Fiore (2,off Lamb); Griffin (22,off Lamb), Cleveland Lowenstein (5,off Garman); Uhlaender (17,off Garman).  3B–Boston Fisk (1,off Hand).  HR–Boston Miller (1,2nd inning off Hand 2 on, 1 out); Petrocelli (25,5th inning off Hand 0 on, 2 out); Lahoud (13,9th inning off Kaiser 0 on, 0 out), Cleveland Pinson (11,1st inning off Garman 0 on, 1 out); Fosse (11,4th inning off Garman 2 on, 1 out); Uhlaender (2,8th inning off Lyle 0 on, 1 out).  CS–Miller (1,2nd base by Hand/Fosse); Lowenstein (5,2nd base by Garman/Fisk).  WP–Hand (4), Kaiser 2 (3).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:48.  A–2,301.
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