Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
July 8, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1978 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 12, Cleveland Indians 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 4 1 0 0
Brohamer 3b 5 2 2 1
Rice dh 5 2 2 0
Yastrzemski lf 3 2 2 2
  Bowen cf 0 1 0 0
Fisk c 5 2 3 5
Lynn cf 2 2 1 0
  Bailey lf 1 0 1 0
Scott 1b 5 0 1 3
Evans rf 4 0 0 0
Duffy ss 3 0 2 1
Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 12 14 12
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 4 1 2 1
Grubb lf 4 1 1 2
Bell 3b 4 1 1 2
Thornton 1b 4 0 0 0
Carbo dh 4 0 0 0
Norris rf 2 0 0 0
  Speed rf 2 0 0 0
Kuiper 2b 4 1 3 0
Blanks ss 4 0 1 0
Diaz c 1 0 1 0
  Alexander ph,c 2 1 0 0
Paxton p 0 0 0 0
  Hood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
Boston 401 110 40112140
Cleveland 000 000 041590
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Eckersley  W (10-2) 9.0 9 5 5 2 9
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
2
9
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Paxton  L (6-5) 4.0 5 6 6 3 5
  Hood   5.0 9 6 6 3 5
Totals
9.0
14
12
12
6
10

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 2.  2B–Boston Fisk (26,off Hood); Scott (7,off Hood); Bailey (3,off Hood), Cleveland Manning (15,off Eckersley); Grubb (9,off Eckersley).  3B–Boston Brohamer (1,off Paxton); Rice (12,off Hood).  HR–Boston Fisk (11,1st inning off Paxton 2 on, 1 out); Yastrzemski (9,3rd inning off Paxton 0 on, 2 out), Cleveland Bell (4,8th inning off Eckersley 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Evans (4,off Paxton).  IBB–Yastrzemski (6,by Paxton).  SF–Manning (1,off Eckersley).  IBB–Paxton (3,Yastrzemski).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:41.
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