Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
July 28, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 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 7, Cleveland Indians 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper lf 5 1 2 0
Aparicio ss 5 0 2 2
Smith cf 4 0 0 0
  Miller cf 1 1 1 0
Yastrzemski 1b 3 0 1 0
Cepeda dh 5 1 2 1
Petrocelli 3b 3 0 0 0
Fisk c 4 1 1 0
Griffin 2b 4 2 2 0
Evans rf 4 1 3 1
Curtis p 0 0 0 0
  Moret p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 14 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bell 3b 4 0 2 0
Williams dh 5 1 2 1
Chambliss 1b 5 0 1 0
Ellis c 4 2 2 2
Spikes lf 4 0 2 0
Hendrick cf 4 0 2 1
Torres rf 4 0 0 0
Brohamer 2b 3 0 0 0
  Lolich ph 1 0 0 0
  Ragland 2b 0 0 0 0
Duffy ss 3 1 1 0
Kekich p 0 0 0 0
  Lamb p 0 0 0 0
  Hilgendorf p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 12 4
Boston 021 210 0017142
Cleveland 210 010 0004121
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis  W (9-8) 6.0 11 4 4 2 1
  Moret  SV (3) 3.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
2
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Kekich  L (1-4) 3.0 8 5 3 2 3
  Lamb   5.0 6 2 2 2 0
  Hilgendorf   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
7
5
4
3

  E–Fisk (7), Curtis (1), Torres (3).  DP–Boston 1, Cleveland 3.  2B–Boston Evans 3 (9,off Kekich,off Lamb 2); Griffin (10,off Lamb); Miller (10,off Lamb), Cleveland Hendrick (14,off Curtis).  HR–Cleveland Ellis (10,1st inning off Curtis 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Yastrzemski (5,by Lamb).  SB–Williams (4,2nd base off Curtis/Fisk).  WP–Moret (2).  IBB–Lamb (4,Yastrzemski).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Hank Morgenweck, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:42.  A–7,865.
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