Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
July 9, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1978 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 1, Cleveland Indians 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 1 0 1 0
  Duffy ss 4 0 0 0
Remy 2b 4 1 1 0
Rice dh 4 0 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 2 0 1 0
Fisk c 4 0 1 1
Lynn cf 3 0 2 0
Scott 1b 4 0 1 0
Evans rf 4 0 1 0
Brohamer 3b 4 0 1 0
Ripley p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 10 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 4 1 1 0
Grubb lf 3 1 2 0
Bell 3b 4 1 2 4
Thornton 1b 4 0 0 0
Alexander c 4 0 1 0
Carbo dh 4 1 1 0
Speed rf 4 1 1 0
Kuiper 2b 4 2 3 1
Veryzer ss 3 0 0 0
Wise p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 11 5
Boston 000 000 0101104
Cleveland 020 400 10x7110
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ripley  L (2-5) 3.1 7 6 5 3 3
  Stanley   4.2 4 1 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
11
7
5
4
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wise  W (7-11) 7.1 9 1 1 3 8
  Spillner   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
1
1
3
9

  E–Duffy 3 (4), Brohamer (5).  DP–Boston 3, Cleveland 2.  2B–Cleveland Kuiper 2 (10,off Ripley,off Stanley); Alexander (9,off Ripley).  HR–Cleveland Bell (5,4th inning off Ripley 3 on, 1 out).  SH–Veryzer (7,off Ripley).  IBB–Grubb (3,by Ripley).  CS–Burleson (6,2nd base by Wise/Alexander).  IBB–Ripley (2,Grubb).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:35.  A–41,394.
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