Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
May 16, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1984 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."

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Boston Red Sox 5, Cleveland Indians 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 5 0 4 3
Evans rf 5 0 0 0
Rice lf 3 2 1 1
Armas dh 4 0 1 0
Easler 1b 4 0 0 0
Gedman c 3 0 1 1
Miller cf 3 2 1 0
Barrett 2b 4 1 2 0
Gutierrez ss 3 0 1 0
Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 0 1 0
Bernazard 2b 4 0 1 0
Tabler lf 3 0 0 0
Thornton dh 4 1 1 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 0 0
Franco ss 3 0 1 1
Hassey c 2 1 1 0
Jacoby 3b 2 0 0 0
  Perkins ph 1 0 0 0
  Fischlin 3b 0 0 0 0
Vukovich rf 3 0 0 1
Farr p 0 0 0 0
  Jeffcoat p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Aponte p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Boston 002 011 0105110
Cleveland 010 000 010250
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Eckersley  W (3-4) 8.1 5 2 2 2 1
  Stanley  SV (7) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
1
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Farr  L (0-1) 5.2 7 4 4 2 6
  Jeffcoat   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Spillner   1.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Aponte   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
3
8

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1, Cleveland 2.  2B–Cleveland Thornton (5,off Eckersley); Butler (5,off Eckersley); Hassey (4,off Eckersley).  HR–Boston Rice (5,6th inning off Farr 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Gutierrez (2,off Farr).  CS–Boggs (1,2nd base by Farr/Hassey); Franco (3,2nd base by Eckersley/Gedman).  SB–Butler (16,3rd base off Eckersley/Gedman); Thornton (4,2nd base off Stanley/Gedman).  WP–Aponte (1).  U–Rich Garcia.  T–2:24.  A–4,264.
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