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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 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 7, Boston Red Sox 9

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Norris rf 5 1 1 0
Manning cf 4 2 2 0
Grubb lf 5 2 2 2
Thornton 1b 4 1 2 2
Carbo dh 3 0 1 1
Alexander c 4 1 1 2
Bell 3b 3 0 0 0
Kuiper 2b 4 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 4 0 0 0
Freisleben p 0 0 0 0
  Reuschel p 0 0 0 0
  Hood p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 9 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 2 1 0
Remy 2b 5 1 1 0
Rice dh 4 3 4 4
Yastrzemski lf 3 0 1 0
  Hancock lf 2 0 0 0
Fisk c 3 2 3 3
Lynn cf 4 0 0 0
Evans rf 4 1 2 2
Scott 1b 4 0 0 0
Hobson 3b 4 0 0 0
Torrez p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 12 9
Cleveland 211 030 000790
Boston 305 001 00x9120
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Freisleben  L (1-3) 2.0 3 5 5 2 1
  Reuschel   1.2 5 3 3 1 1
  Hood   2.2 2 1 1 0 2
  Spillner   1.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
9
9
3
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez   4.1 7 7 7 2 2
  Stanley  W (7-1) 4.2 2 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
3
5

  E–None.  PB–Alexander (3).  2B–Cleveland Norris (6,off Torrez); Manning (22,off Stanley), Boston Evans (18,off Spillner).  HR–Cleveland Grubb (13,1st inning off Torrez 1 on, 1 out); Alexander (21,2nd inning off Torrez 0 on, 0 out), Boston Fisk (16,1st inning off Freisleben 2 on, 2 out); Rice 2 (27,3rd inning off Reuschel 2 on, 0 out,6th inning off Hood 0 on, 2 out); Evans (21,3rd inning off Reuschel 1 on, 2 out).  SB–Manning (11,2nd base off Torrez/Fisk).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–2:46.  A–34,485.
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