Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
August 31, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 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 8, Cleveland Indians 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 5 2 3 1
Evans rf 5 2 2 5
Rice lf 4 0 0 0
Armas cf 5 0 0 0
Easler dh 4 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 1 1 0
Gedman c 4 1 1 2
Barrett 2b 3 1 1 0
Gutierrez ss 2 0 0 0
  Miller ph 1 1 1 0
  Hoffman ss 0 0 0 0
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Clear p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 10 8
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 5 0 0 0
Franco ss 5 0 1 0
Carter lf 5 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 2 2 2 1
Hall dh 3 2 1 0
Tabler 3b 4 2 1 0
  Fischlin 3b 0 0 0 0
Vukovich rf 3 1 1 4
Bando c 3 0 0 1
Bernazard 2b 3 0 0 1
Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
  Waddell p 0 0 0 0
  Camacho p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 6 7
Boston 220 000 0048101
Cleveland 000 310 030760
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens   3.2 1 1 1 1 7
  Clear   0.0 1 2 2 3 0
  Crawford   3.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Stanley  W (8-10) 2.0 2 3 3 1 2
Totals
9.0
6
7
7
5
10
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Smith   2.1 5 4 4 2 3
  Farr   4.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Waddell   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Camacho  L (4-9) 1.0 4 4 4 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
8
8
3
6

  E–Gutierrez (26).  DP–Boston 1.  HR–Boston Evans 2 (26,1st inning off Smith 1 on, 0 out,9th inning off Camacho 2 on, 1 out); Gedman (20,2nd inning off Smith 1 on, 0 out), Cleveland Thornton (30,5th inning off Crawford 0 on, 2 out); Vukovich (6,8th inning off Stanley 2 on, 1 out).  HBP–Hall (2,by Clear).  SB–Gutierrez (11,2nd base off Waddell/Bando).  WP–Clemens (4).  HBP–Clear (2,Hall).  T–2:55.  A–8,625.
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