Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
September 26, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1973 at Cleveland Stadium. 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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Boston Red Sox 0, Cleveland Indians 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper lf 4 0 1 0
Miller rf 4 0 1 0
Smith cf 4 0 0 0
Yastrzemski 3b 3 0 1 0
Cepeda dh 4 0 0 0
Cooper 1b 3 0 1 0
Fisk c 3 0 0 0
Griffin 2b 2 0 0 0
Guerrero ss 3 0 1 0
Lee p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 5 0
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Williams lf 4 0 1 0
Ford cf,rf 4 0 1 0
Chambliss 1b 3 0 0 0
Ellis dh 3 1 1 1
Spikes rf 3 0 0 0
  Torres cf 0 0 0 0
Bell 3b 3 0 0 0
Duncan c 3 0 2 0
Lowenstein 2b 3 0 1 0
Duffy ss 3 0 1 0
Perry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 7 1
Boston 000 000 000050
Cleveland 010 000 00x170
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lee  L (17-11) 8.0 7 1 1 0 3
Totals
8.0
7
1
1
0
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (19-19) 9.0 5 0 0 2 7
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1, Cleveland 2.  2B–Boston Guerrero (5,off Perry).  HR–Cleveland Ellis (14,2nd inning off Lee 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Harper (52,2nd base off Perry/Duncan); Yastrzemski (9,2nd base off Perry/Duncan).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Hank Morgenweck, 3B–George Maloney.  T–1:55.  A–1,453.
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