Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
May 16, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1980 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 2, Cleveland Indians 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 4 0 1 0
Burleson ss 4 1 2 0
Lynn cf 4 1 2 1
Rice lf 4 0 1 0
Yastrzemski dh 2 0 0 0
Perez 1b 4 0 0 0
Fisk c 4 0 0 0
Hobson 3b 4 0 1 0
  Hoffman 3b 0 0 0 0
Evans rf 2 0 0 0
Rainey p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dilone cf 3 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 0 0 0 0
  Rosello 2b 0 0 0 0
Kuiper 2b 3 0 0 0
  Alexander ph 1 0 0 0
  Charboneau lf 0 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 3 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 4 0 0 0
Orta rf 4 0 0 0
Hassey c 2 1 1 0
  Dybzinski ph 1 0 0 0
Pruitt dh 3 0 1 0
Alston lf,cf 3 0 1 0
  Diaz ph 1 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 3 0 1 1
Denny p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Boston 100 001 000270
Cleveland 000 000 100140
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Rainey  W (3-0) 6.2 4 1 1 4 3
  Burgmeier  SV (6) 2.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
4
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Denny  L (2-4) 9.0 7 2 2 3 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
3

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Boston Lynn (10,off Denny); Rice (2,off Denny).  HBP–Evans (3,by Denny).  IBB–Johnson (1,by Rainey).  WP–Rainey (2).  HBP–Denny (2,Evans).  IBB–Rainey (3,Johnson).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:23.  A–10,157.
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