Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
April 21, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1978 at Fenway Park. 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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Cleveland Indians 7, Boston Red Sox 9

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dade rf 5 1 1 0
Grubb lf 4 2 3 1
Bell 3b 4 1 1 0
Thornton 1b 3 1 1 1
Blanks ss 4 1 1 2
Cox dh 4 0 0 0
Pruitt c 4 0 1 2
Manning cf 4 1 1 0
Kuiper 2b 4 0 1 0
Garland p 0 0 0 0
  Kinney p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 10 6
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 4 0 0 0
Burleson ss 4 0 0 0
Rice dh 4 2 2 1
Yastrzemski lf 3 1 1 0
Fisk c 3 3 2 2
Lynn cf 3 1 2 0
Scott 1b 4 1 2 2
Evans rf 4 1 2 2
Hobson 3b 4 0 1 1
Torrez p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 12 8
Cleveland 110 003 2007100
Boston 110 302 20x9123
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Garland   3.2 7 5 5 2 0
  Kinney   2.1 2 2 2 1 1
  Kern  L (1-1) 2.0 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
9
9
3
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez   6.2 8 7 5 2 0
  Drago  W (2-1) 2.1 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
7
5
3
0

  E–Burleson (2), Fisk (2), Hobson (2).  DP–Cleveland 2, Boston 1.  2B–Cleveland Manning (2,off Torrez), Boston Evans (2,off Garland); Hobson (3,off Garland).  HR–Cleveland Grubb (1,6th inning off Torrez 0 on, 0 out), Boston Rice (4,1st inning off Garland 0 on, 2 out); Scott (1,6th inning off Kinney 1 on, 0 out); Fisk (2,7th inning off Kern 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Thornton (1,off Torrez).  SB–Pruitt (1,2nd base off Torrez/Fisk); Rice (1,2nd base off Kern/Pruitt).  CS–Evans (1,2nd base by Kern/Pruitt).  U-HP–Nick Bremigan, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:35.  A–25,401.
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