Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
April 23, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 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."

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Cleveland Indians 3, Boston Red Sox 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dade rf 4 0 0 0
Grubb lf 4 1 1 1
Bell 3b 4 1 2 1
Thornton 1b 4 0 1 0
Blanks ss 3 0 1 0
Horton dh 3 1 1 1
Pruitt c 3 0 0 0
Manning cf 3 0 0 0
Kuiper 2b 3 0 0 0
Waits p 0 0 0 0
  Kinney p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 4 1 2 1
Burleson ss 5 0 1 0
Rice lf 5 0 0 0
Fisk c 4 1 1 1
Scott 1b 5 0 2 2
Lynn cf 4 0 1 0
Evans rf 4 1 1 0
Hobson 3b 3 1 1 2
Bailey dh 3 1 0 0
  Duffy pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 9 6
Cleveland 010 100 010365
Boston 030 000 03x690
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits   6.0 7 3 2 3 4
  Kinney  L (0-1) 1.0 0 2 0 1 0
  Kern   1.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
9
6
3
4
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant   5.0 3 2 2 2 4
  Drago   2.2 3 1 1 0 4
  Campbell  W (1-1) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
3
9

  E–Bell (1), Blanks 3 (5), Kinney (1).  2B–Boston Remy (2,off Waits); Fisk (5,off Kern); Scott (2,off Kern).  HR–Cleveland Horton (2,2nd inning off Tiant 0 on, 2 out); Bell (1,4th inning off Tiant 0 on, 1 out); Grubb (3,8th inning off Drago 0 on, 2 out), Boston Hobson (5,2nd inning off Waits 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Horton (1,off Drago); Remy (3,off Kinney).  CS–Thornton (1,2nd base by Tiant/Fisk).  WP–Waits (1).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:53.
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