Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
June 23, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1983 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."

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Cleveland Indians 5, Boston Red Sox 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bannister lf 5 0 2 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 3 1 1 0
Thornton dh 3 2 1 2
Thomas cf 4 2 2 1
Tabler 3b 4 0 2 0
Vukovich rf 4 0 0 2
Franco ss 4 0 1 0
Hassey c 4 0 2 0
  Dilone pr 0 0 0 0
  Essian c 0 0 0 0
Sutcliffe p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Heaton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 11 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 5 0 0 0
Boggs 3b 4 1 1 0
Rice lf 5 1 2 0
Armas cf 3 1 1 3
Evans rf 2 1 1 0
Yastrzemski dh 3 0 0 0
  Nichols ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Jurak 1b,ss 2 0 0 0
Gedman c 3 0 0 0
  Allenson ph,c 1 0 0 0
Hoffman ss 1 0 0 0
  Miller ph 1 0 1 1
  Stapleton 1b 1 0 0 0
Bird p 0 0 0 0
  Ojeda p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Cleveland 300 101 0005111
Boston 100 000 120471
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe  W (9-2) 7.1 5 3 2 4 6
  Spillner   0.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Heaton  SV (5) 1.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
6
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Bird  L (1-3) 5.1 9 5 4 1 2
  Ojeda   3.1 2 0 0 1 3
  Stanley   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
4
2
5

  E–Franco (14), Jurak (3).  DP–Cleveland 1, Boston 4.  2B–Cleveland Thomas (10,off Bird); Hassey (7,off Ojeda), Boston Rice (12,off Sutcliffe); Nichols (7,off Heaton).  HR–Cleveland Thornton (7,1st inning off Bird 1 on, 2 out); Thomas (6,1st inning off Bird 0 on, 2 out), Boston Armas (16,8th inning off Spillner 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Armas (5,off Sutcliffe).  IBB–Jurak (1,by Heaton).  SB–Bannister (2,2nd base off Bird/Gedman).  CS–Rice (2,3rd base by Sutcliffe/Hassey).  WP–Bird (1).  IBB–Heaton (4,Jurak).  T–2:53.  A–20,591.
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