Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
August 24, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 1986 at Cleveland Stadium. 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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Boston Red Sox 2, Cleveland Indians 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 1 2 0
Barrett 2b 3 0 0 0
Rice lf 4 0 0 0
Baylor dh 3 0 0 0
Evans rf 3 0 0 0
  Greenwell rf 1 0 1 1
Buckner 1b 4 0 1 0
Armas cf 4 1 2 1
Gedman c 3 0 1 0
Owen ss 3 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
Nipper p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bernazard 2b 4 1 1 1
Franco ss 4 2 1 2
Carter 1b 4 1 1 2
Hall lf 4 0 2 0
  Nixon pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Snyder rf 4 0 1 0
Tabler dh 4 0 2 0
Butler cf 4 0 1 0
Jacoby 3b 4 0 0 0
Bando c 2 1 1 0
Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Wills p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 5
Boston 000 010 010271
Cleveland 200 030 00x5100
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nipper  L (8-9) 6.0 8 5 4 1 6
  Stanley   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
4
1
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (10-9) 7.0 5 2 2 4 3
  Wills  SV (1) 2.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
4
6

  E–Owen (18).  DP–Boston 1, Cleveland 1.  2B–Boston Boggs (33,off Niekro); Buckner (33,off Niekro); Greenwell (2,off Wills), Cleveland Snyder (10,off Nipper); Bando (7,off Nipper); Tabler (23,off Nipper).  HR–Boston Armas (10,5th inning off Niekro 0 on, 0 out), Cleveland Carter (21,1st inning off Nipper 1 on, 1 out); Franco (7,5th inning off Nipper 1 on, 0 out).  WP–Niekro (5).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:39.  A–25,221.
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