Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
May 27, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 27, 1981 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."

"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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 5, Boston Red Sox 10

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bannister rf 5 0 0 0
Rosello 2b,3b 5 1 2 1
Hargrove 1b 4 1 3 1
Thornton dh 5 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 1 1 1 0
  Kuiper ph,2b 2 0 2 0
Diaz c 5 1 2 1
Charboneau lf 5 0 1 0
Manning cf 4 1 3 1
Veryzer ss 2 0 0 1
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 14 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 5 2 2 0
Evans rf 5 1 2 3
Yastrzemski 1b 4 1 2 0
Rice lf 5 2 2 2
Perez dh 3 0 0 0
  Rudi ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 5 1 2 1
Stapleton ss 4 1 2 0
Gedman c 4 1 2 1
Miller cf 4 1 2 3
Tudor p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Clear p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 10 16 10
Cleveland 001 210 0015141
Boston 000 603 01x10161
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  L (6-2) 3.2 9 6 6 1 3
  Stanton   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Monge   2.2 4 3 3 0 2
  Lacey   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
16
10
10
2
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tudor   4.0 6 3 2 1 0
  Stanley   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Clear  W (6-0) 4.2 6 1 1 2 7
Totals
9.0
14
5
4
3
7

  E–Blyleven (1), Miller (2).  2B–Cleveland Manning (2,off Tudor); Hargrove (7,off Tudor); Rosello (2,off Stanley), Boston Yastrzemski (5,off Blyleven); Gedman (2,off Blyleven).  3B–Boston Miller (1,off Blyleven).  HR–Boston Miller (1,4th inning off Blyleven 2 on, 2 out); Evans (11,6th inning off Monge 1 on, 0 out); Rice 2 (8,6th inning off Monge 0 on, 1 out,8th inning off Lacey 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Veryzer (1,off Clear).  SF–Veryzer (2,off Tudor).  CS–Manning (2,2nd base by Tudor/Gedman).  WP–Clear (3).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:49.  A–17,294.
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