Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
April 22, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 22, 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 5, Cleveland Indians 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper lf 3 2 1 2
  Miller lf 1 0 0 0
Guerrero ss 3 0 1 0
Yastrzemski 1b 4 0 1 1
Smith cf 4 0 0 0
Cepeda dh 4 1 3 0
  Evans pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Petrocelli 3b 2 1 0 0
Oglivie rf 4 0 1 0
Griffin 2b 4 0 1 0
Montgomery c 4 1 1 1
Moret p 0 0 0 0
  Bolin p 0 0 0 0
  Veale p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Torres rf 5 0 1 0
Cardenas ss 3 0 1 0
Chambliss 1b 5 0 0 0
Spikes lf 4 1 1 1
Lolich dh 4 0 1 0
Ellis c 4 0 2 0
Hendrick cf 4 0 1 0
Bell 3b 3 0 0 0
Brohamer 2b 3 1 2 0
Dunning p 0 0 0 0
  Lamb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 1
Boston 000 140 000593
Cleveland 000 001 100291
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Moret  W (1-0) 5.2 6 1 0 5 4
  Bolin   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Veale  SV (3) 3.1 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
2
1
6
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Dunning  L (0-2) 4.2 4 5 5 3 3
  Lamb   4.1 5 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
4
7

  E–Petrocelli (1), Montgomery (1), Bolin (1), Lamb (1).  DP–Boston 2, Cleveland 2.  2B–Boston Montgomery (1,off Dunning), Cleveland Brohamer (1,off Moret).  HR–Cleveland Spikes (4,7th inning off Veale 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Harper (3,2nd base off Dunning/Ellis).  CS–Griffin (1,2nd base by Lamb/Ellis).  BK–Dunning (1).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:48.  A–8,145.
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