Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
September 17, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1980 at Fenway Park. 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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Cleveland Indians 6, Boston Red Sox 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dilone lf 6 0 3 2
Manning cf 5 0 1 0
  Alexander ph 1 0 1 1
  Alston rf 0 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 6 0 1 0
Hassey c 4 2 3 0
Harrah 3b 5 1 2 0
Charboneau dh 5 0 0 0
Bannister rf,cf 5 1 3 2
Brohamer 2b 4 1 2 0
  Dybzinski pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Veryzer ss 5 0 1 0
Barker p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 6 17 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 1 1 0
Stapleton 2b,3b,1b 5 0 0 0
Fisk c 5 0 2 0
Rice lf 5 1 2 1
Perez 1b 5 0 1 0
  Nichols pr 0 0 0 0
  Wolfe 3b 0 0 0 0
Hancock cf 4 2 1 1
Evans rf 4 1 1 2
Gedman dh 5 0 1 0
Hoffman 3b 3 0 1 1
  Walker pr,2b 2 0 2 0
Drago p 0 0 0 0
  Torrez p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 5 12 5
Cleveland 010 400 000 016170
Boston 100 000 202 005121
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Barker   6.2 7 3 3 2 8
  Cruz   2.1 3 2 2 1 3
  Spillner  W (15-10) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
12
5
5
3
11
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Drago   3.2 8 5 5 1 3
  Torrez  L (9-15) 6.2 8 1 1 1 4
  Burgmeier   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
17
6
6
2
7

  E–Fisk (10).  DP–Cleveland 1, Boston 3.  2B–Cleveland Bannister (20,off Drago); Hassey (15,off Drago); Dilone (29,off Drago), Boston Hancock (3,off Barker).  3B–Cleveland Bannister (4,off Drago).  HR–Boston Evans (15,9th inning off Cruz 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Brohamer (4,by Drago).  SB–Harrah (15,2nd base off Drago/Fisk); Dilone (54,2nd base off Torrez/Fisk); Burleson (12,2nd base off Barker/Hassey); Walker (1,2nd base off Cruz/Hassey).  CS–Rice (3,2nd base by Barker/Hassey).  IBB–Drago (7,Brohamer).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Al Clark.  T–3:25.  A–15,321.
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