Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
May 12, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1973 at Fenway Park. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Boston Red Sox 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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Cleveland Indians 10, Boston Red Sox 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bell 3b 5 3 4 1
Torres rf 6 1 2 1
Hendrick cf 4 2 2 1
Spikes dh 5 1 3 2
Duncan c 4 2 2 2
Ellis 1b 4 0 0 1
Lolich lf 5 1 2 0
Duffy ss 5 0 1 1
Ragland 2b 5 0 2 1
Perry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 10 18 10
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper lf 3 1 0 0
Aparicio ss 3 0 0 0
Yastrzemski 1b 4 0 1 1
Smith dh 4 1 1 1
Fisk c 3 0 1 0
Oglivie rf 4 0 1 0
Griffin 2b 4 0 0 0
Kennedy 3b 3 0 1 0
Miller cf 3 0 1 0
Curtis p 0 0 0 0
  McGlothen p 0 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Cleveland 110 032 02110180
Boston 100 100 000262
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (5-4) 9.0 6 2 2 3 5
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis  L (1-3) 4.0 8 4 3 1 3
  McGlothen   3.1 8 5 4 0 4
  Garman   1.2 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
18
10
8
1
9

  E–Griffin (4), Kennedy (1).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Torres (6,off Garman), Boston Oglivie (5,off Perry).  3B–Cleveland Spikes (1,off Curtis).  HR–Cleveland Bell (1,1st inning off Curtis 0 on, 0 out); Duncan (4,8th inning off McGlothen 1 on, 1 out), Boston Smith (4,4th inning off Perry 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Duncan (1,off McGlothen).  SF–Ellis (2,off McGlothen).  HBP–Bell (1,by McGlothen).  CS–Lolich (1,2nd base by McGlothen/Fisk).  WP–Perry (5).  HBP–McGlothen (1,Bell).  U-HP–Hank Morgenweck, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:34.  A–15,510.
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