Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
September 9, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 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 4, Cleveland Indians 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 0 1 0
Stapleton 2b 5 1 1 0
Fisk c 3 1 1 0
Rice lf 4 0 2 0
Perez 1b 2 1 0 1
Evans rf 4 0 2 1
Hobson dh 1 0 0 1
  Dwyer ph,dh 1 1 0 0
Hoffman 3b 3 0 0 0
Bowen cf 2 0 0 0
  Hancock ph,cf 2 0 1 1
Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dilone lf 4 0 1 0
Orta rf 3 1 1 1
Hargrove 1b 3 1 2 1
Charboneau dh 4 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 3 0 0 0
Hassey c 4 0 2 1
  Alston pr 0 0 0 0
  Diaz c 0 0 0 0
Bannister 2b 4 0 0 0
Manning cf 4 1 3 0
Veryzer ss 4 0 1 0
Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Wihtol p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 10 3
Boston 010 002 001481
Cleveland 002 100 0003100
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Eckersley  W (10-12) 8.0 10 3 3 3 4
  Burgmeier  SV (22) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
3
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Grimsley   5.1 4 3 3 3 2
  Cruz  L (5-7) 3.1 4 1 1 1 1
  Wihtol   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
3

  E–Fisk (7).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Boston Evans (32,off Grimsley), Cleveland Manning (12,off Eckersley); Hassey (14,off Eckersley); Dilone (26,off Eckersley).  SH–Hoffman (8,off Cruz); Dilone (6,off Eckersley).  SF–Hobson (2,off Grimsley); Perez (8,off Cruz); Orta (6,off Eckersley).  IBB–Hargrove (10,by Eckersley).  SB–Orta (6,2nd base off Eckersley/Fisk).  CS–Manning (5,2nd base by Eckersley/Fisk); Alston (2,2nd base by Eckersley/Fisk).  IBB–Eckersley (5,Hargrove).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–3:04.  A–5,182.
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