Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
April 21, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1973 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 11, Cleveland Indians 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper lf 5 2 3 2
  Miller lf 0 0 0 0
Aparicio ss 5 0 0 0
Yastrzemski 1b 4 1 0 0
Smith cf 4 1 1 1
Cepeda dh 5 2 3 4
  Evans pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Petrocelli 3b 3 2 1 1
Fisk c 4 1 1 0
Oglivie rf 5 1 3 2
Griffin 2b 4 1 0 0
McGlothen p 0 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 12 10
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Torres rf 5 1 1 1
Brohamer 2b 4 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 3 0 0 0
Spikes lf 4 2 2 0
Duncan c 4 1 2 0
Gamble dh 2 1 1 3
  Williams ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Hendrick cf 3 0 0 1
Bell 3b 3 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 4 0 0 0
Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Kilkenny p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
  Hilgendorf p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 6 5
Boston 510 000 23011120
Cleveland 011 003 000562
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothen  W (1-1) 5.1 6 5 5 2 0
  Lee  SV (1) 3.2 0 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
6
5
5
4
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Tidrow  L (1-3) 0.2 3 5 5 3 0
  Wilcox   5.1 3 1 1 2 5
  Kilkenny   0.2 1 1 1 0 2
  Farmer   0.1 3 4 3 0 0
  Hilgendorf   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
11
10
5
8

  E–Brohamer (4), Tidrow (1).  2B–Boston Oglivie (1,off Tidrow); Smith (4,off Wilcox).  HR–Boston Cepeda 2 (5,1st inning off Tidrow 2 on, 2 out,7th inning off Kilkenny 0 on, 2 out); Petrocelli (4,7th inning off Farmer 0 on, 2 out); Harper (1,8th inning off Farmer 1 on, 0 out), Cleveland Torres (1,3rd inning off McGlothen 0 on, 0 out); Gamble (1,6th inning off McGlothen 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Griffin (2,off Farmer).  WP–Tidrow (1), Wilcox (1).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:50.  A–9,202.
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